Bessel

Summary

Bessel is an impact crater^[1]. Bessel ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bessel's image is recorded as Bessel crater Apollo 15.jpg^[3].
• Bessel's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].
• Bessel's instance of is recorded as lunar crater^[5].
• Friedrich Bessel is named after Bessel^[6].
• Bessel's location is recorded as LQ12^[7].
• Bessel's Commons category is recorded as Bessel (crater)^[8].
• Bessel's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[9].
• Bessel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 21.73, 'lon': 17.92}^[10].
• Bessel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0qv^[11].
• Bessel's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+15.6'}^[12].
• Bessel's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 720^[13].
• Bessel's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1770'}^[14].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include impact crater^[4] and lunar crater^[5].

History and Context

Friedrich Bessel is named after Bessel^[6].

Why It Matters

Bessel ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] Bessel has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15]