Coordinates | 19°36′N 15°30′E / 19.6°N 15.5°E |
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Diameter | 6.5 km |
Depth | 1.2 km[1] |
Colongitude | 344° at sunrise |
Eponym | Étienne Bobillier |
Bobillier is a tiny, cup-shaped lunar impact crater in the southwest part of Mare Serenitatis. It was named after French geometer Étienne Bobillier in 1976.[2] It lies to the north-northwest of the crater Bessel. To the south and west is a wrinkle ridge designated Dorsum Buckland. Bobillier was previously identified as Bessel E.