ISRO shares image of moon crater captured by Chandrayaan-2, names it after Vikram Sarabhai

To hour Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Far of Indian Program, one of craters in Moon captured by Chandrayaan-2 has been named after him. On completion of his birth centenary on August 12, Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement that crater on Mare Serenitatis in rast qurant of Moon has been named 'Sarabhai Crater' to pay tribute to scientist. 

Credits: ISRO

Indian astrophysicist Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai is also Founder of Physical Research Laboratory apart from being a rewned cosmic-ray and scientist.

Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh paid tributes to Vikram Sarabhai and said that this is a thanksgiving tribute to  scientist on his birth centenary. Singh, who is also  Minister of State for Department of , ded that recent achievements of ISRO is a vindication of Sarabhai's visionary dream.

Sarabhai Crater is present on one of lunar mare regions on Earth’s natural satellite. It has vast lava plains creating a nearly flat surface. Around 250-300 kilometres on east of Sarabhai crater is landing site of Apollo 17 and Luna 21 missions. 

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Sarabhai crater is nearly 1.7km raised

ISRO statement also said that three-dimensional im of crater was generated by use of Fore, Nir and Aft ims captured by TMC-2. depth of Sarabhai crater is approximately 1.7 kilometres from raised crater rim and aver slope of walls is in range of 25-30 degrees. 

outer region of crater is dominated by several numerous smaller craters with varying diameters distributed over flat Mare plains. But, region is devoid of any or large crater with a diameter that is greater than 10 kilometres in vicinity of around 100 kilometres. 

ISRO statement said, “ raised rim, grient inner walls and small hummocky floor makes Sarabhai crater an excellent example to understand impact processes on lava filled region of Moon.”

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