Lyapunov (moon crater)
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| position | 26.44 ° N , 89.28 ° O | |
| diameter | 68 km | |
| Card sheet | 45 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Alexander Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1857-1918) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lyapunov is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the front of the moon , so it is only visible in a strongly distorted manner, if at all. It is northeast of Hubble Crater and south of Rayleigh .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Russian mathematician Alexander Mikhailovich Lyapunov .