Petrov (moon crater)
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Petrov ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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position | 61.39 ° S , 88.1 ° 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 |
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.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 62.46 ° S , 88.51 ° O | 17 km | [1] |
B. | 62.21 ° S , 90.72 ° O | 31 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the Soviet rocket engineer Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .