Artsimovich (crater)

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Artsimovich
Artsimovich crater AS15-M-2332.jpg
Apollo 15 image
Coordinates 27°36′N36°36′W / 27.6°N 36.6°W / 27.6; -36.6 Coordinates: 27°36′N36°36′W / 27.6°N 36.6°W / 27.6; -36.6
Diameter 9 km
Depth 2.0 km
Colongitude 37° at sunrise
Eponym Lev A. Artsimovich
Oblique view from Apollo 17 Artsimovich crater AS17-P-3125.jpg
Oblique view from Apollo 17

Artsimovich is a small lunar impact crater located in the western Mare Imbrium of the Earth's Moon. This is a circular crater forming a cup-shaped excavation in the surface of the lunar mare. It is named after Soviet physicist Lev A. Artsimovich. [1] To the east is the crater Diophantus and to the northeast lies Delisle. Less than 20 kilometers to the north-northeast is the tiny Fedorov. This crater was identified as Diophantus A before being named by the International Astronomical Union.

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References

  1. "Artsimovich (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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