Rozhdestvenskiy (moon crater)
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| position | 85.49 ° N , 158.44 ° W | |
| diameter | 180 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Dmitri Sergejewitsch Roshdestvensky , Russian physicist (1876–1940) | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Rozhdestvenskiy is an impact crater on the back of the moon near the lunar north pole . The wall is heavily eroded, and is superimposed on the newer craters Plaskett , Rozhdestvenskiy H and Rozhdestvenskiy K .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| H | 83.37 ° N , 133.21 ° W | 21 km | [1] |
| K | 82.24 ° N , 147.4 ° W | 43 km | [2] |
| U | 84.89 ° N , 152.25 ° O | 41 km | [3] |
| W. | 85.89 ° N , 114.48 ° O | 75 km | [4] |
Web links
- Rozhdestvenskiy in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Rozhdestvenskiy on The-moon Wiki