Korolev (moon crater)

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Korolev
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Korolev (Image from Lunar Orbiter 1 )
Korolev (moon equatorial region)
Korolev
position 4.14 °  S , 157.22 °  W Coordinates: 4 ° 8 '24 "  S , 157 ° 13' 12"  W.
diameter 423 km
Card sheet 87 (PDF)
Named after Sergei Korolev (1907–1966)
Named since 1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Gravity anomalies of the back of the moon. Korolev is the light blue circle to the right of the center of the image (lower gravity), triangular (red) surrounded by areas of higher gravity.

The large lunar crater Korolev is roughly in the middle of the back of the moon .

  • Selenographic coordinates of the crater center 5 ° south, 157 ° west
  • About 420 km in diameter
  • named after the Russian chief rocket designer Sergei Koroljow (1907–1966).

The large crater has the shape of a huge double ring, the inner ring being almost 200 km in diameter, and has a circular negative gravity anomaly (negative Mascon ), which changes all around to strongly positive. Inside the formation there are several smaller craters, including two over 50 km in diameter.

Exactly the same shape of the double ring can also be found in the giant craters Apollo and Hertzsprung to the south and east . Likewise, the three large structures on the back of the moon have similarities in the gravitational image (weaker also to the Mare Orientale ), which indicates related origins.

List of Korolev secondary craters
Letter position diameter link
B. 3.66 °  S , 156.22 °  W 20 km [1]
C. 0.76 °  S , 153.18 °  W 66 km [2]
D. 0.36 °  S , 151.78 °  W 24 km [3]
E. 3.4 °  S , 153.31 °  W 37 km [4]
F. 4.23 °  S , 152.67 °  W 31 km [5]
G 5.63 °  S , 153.37 °  W 12 km [6]
L. 5.8 °  S , 156.69 °  W 28 km [7]
M. 8.52 °  S , 157.36 °  W 56 km [8th]
P 8 °  S , 159.82 °  W 18 km [9]
T 4.25 °  S , 157.56 °  W 23 km [10]
V 1.26 °  S , 161.82 °  W 18 km [11]
W. 0.26 °  S , 160.35 °  W 31 km [12]
X 0.52 °  N , 159.18 °  W 30 km [13]
Y 0.56 °  S , 158.39 °  W 19 km [14]

Web links

  • Korolev in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
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