Yakovkin (moon crater)
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| position | 54.47 ° S , 78.91 ° W | |
| diameter | 36 km | |
| depth | 1640 m | |
| Card sheet | 124 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Awenir Alexandrowitsch Jakowkin (1887–1974) | |
| Named since | 1985 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Yakovkin is an impact crater on the southwestern edge of the lunar front , west of Phocylides crater and northwest of Pingré . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1985 after the Russian astronomer Awenir Alexandrowitsch Jakowkin .
Web links
- Yakovkin in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Yakovkin 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 .