Petrov (moon crater)

Petrov

Petrov ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )

position

61.39 ° S , 88.1 ° E Coordinates: 61 ° 23 '24 " S , 88 ° 6' 0" E

diameter

57 km

depth

2140 m

Card sheet

129 (PDF)

Named after

Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov (1903–1942)

Named since

1970

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

57.28

Petrov is an impact crater on the southeastern edge of the lunar front , south of Mare Australe , south of Lyot crater and west of Chamberlin . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.

List of Petrov's minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	62.46 ° S , 88.51 ° OMoon -62.46 88.51	17 km	[1]
B.	62.21 ° S , 90.72 ° OMoon -62.21 90.72	31 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the Soviet rocket engineer Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov .

Web links

Petrov in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Petrov on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .

[1] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .