Astronomy:Artemʹev (crater)

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Short description: Lunar impact crater
Artemʹev
Artem'ev crater LRO WAC.jpg
LRO WAC mosaic
Diameter67 km
DepthUnknown
Colongitude146° at sunrise
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image
Another view from Lunar Orbiter 5

Artemʹev is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. The rim of this crater has been modified by subsequent impacts in the vicinity, with an inward bulge along the southwest edge and a worn impact lying across the north rim. The satellite crater Artemʹev G is partly overlain by the southeast rim of Artemʹev. The crater interior is relatively flat, and marked only by tiny craterlets.

The crater Tsander lies to the southwest of Artemʹev. Further to the southeast is the huge walled basin Hertzprung.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Artemʹev.

Artemʹev Latitude Longitude Diameter
G 10.3° N 142.8° W 60 km
L 8.3° N 143.3° W 30 km

References

"Craters", at Lunar Prospector website

External links