Purbach

American  

[poor-bahk] / ˈpʊər bɑk /

noun

1. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 75 miles (120 km) in diameter.

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Example Sentences

There is a large bright crater in the interior of Purbach, S. of the centre, two others on the W. half of the floor, and a few ridges.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

REGIOMONTANUS.—A still more irregular walled-plain, of about the same area, closely associated with the S. flank of Purbach, having a rampart of a similar complex type, traversed by passes, longitudinal valleys, and other depressions.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

BLANCHINUS.—A large walled-plain on the W. of Purbach and abutting on the S. side of Lacaille.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Purbach deserves the name that has been given him of the father of mathematical astronomy in modern times.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

These Carpathians looked then what the amphitheatres of Purbach, Arzachel, and Ptolemy would if some cataclysm were to throw down their left ramparts and transform them into continuous chains.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules