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Bobillier (crater) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (103 words) |
 | Bobillier is a tiny, cup-shaped lunar impact crater in the southwest part of Mare Serenitatis. |
| It lies to the north-northwest of Bessel crater. |
| Bobillier crater was previously identified as 'Bessel E' before being named by the IAU. |
| Bobillier biography (407 words) |
| At the age of 19 Bobillier sat the entrance examinations of the École Polytechnique. |
| In 1829 Bobillier was recommended by Poisson for the post of professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal in Amiens. |
| Bobillier is best known for his work on polars of curves and of algebraic surfaces. |
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