Xenophon (moon crater)
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| Xenophon crater (top center) ( NASA photo) | ||
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| position | 22.81 ° S , 121.99 ° O | |
| diameter | 25 km | |
| Card sheet | 101 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Xenophon (around 426–355 BC) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Xenophon is a small impact crater on the southern rim of the giant crater Fermi crater , west of Tsiolkovskiy crater . South of Xenophon is 'Zhiritskiy F', a satellite crater of the Zhiritskiy Crater, south-southwest outside the edge of Fermi .
The crater rim of Xenophon is eroded and, especially on the west side, broken up by several mini-craters. The crater floor shows no striking features.
The crater is on the back of the Earth's moon and cannot be directly observed from Earth.
Web links
- Xenophon in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Xenophon crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
