Artsimovich (moon crater)
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| Artsimovich with Diophantus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 27.6 ° N , 36.64 ° W | |
| diameter | 8 kilometers | |
| Card sheet | 39 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Lev Andreevich Arzimowitsch (1909–1973) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Artsimovich is a small impact crater in western Mare Imbrium . The circular crater forms a cup-shaped cavity in the surface of the mare . Its neighbors are Diophantus to the east and Delisle to the northeast. Approx. The tiny Fedorov crater is located 20 kilometers north-northeast .
Artsimovich was known as 'Diophantus A' before he was given his own name by the IAU in 1973 .
It is named after the Soviet physicist Lev Andreevich Arzimowitsch .
Web links
- Artsimovich in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Artsimovich on The-Moon Wiki
- Artsimovich crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
