Buisson (crater)
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Buisson is a
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impact crater that is located on the
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of the
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. It is named after the French physicist
Henri Buisson Henri Buisson (; 18731944) was a French physicist. Buisson and Charles Fabry discovered the ozone layer in 1913. Buisson was born on 15 July 1873 in Paris and died on 6 January 1944 in Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English a ...
. Nearly attached to the southeast rim is the crater Vesalius. To the southwest is
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. The rim of this crater is somewhat worn, and is lowest in the north. There is a low central ridge across the midpoint.


Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Buisson.


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Buisson
at the Moon Wiki Impact craters on the Moon {{Craters on the Moon: A–B