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{{Short description|Crater on the Moon}}
{{Infobox Lunar crater
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| image      = Normal stoletov-clem1.jpg
| image      = Normal stoletov-clem1.jpg
| caption    = [[Engineering:Clementine (spacecraft)|Clementine]] mosaic
| caption    = [[Engineering:Clementine (spacecraft)|Clementine]] mosaic
| coordinates = {{coord|45.1|N|155.2|W|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|44.82|N|155.50|W|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter    = 42 km
| diameter    = {{cvt|42.43|km}}
| depth      = ''Unknown''
| depth      = ''Unknown''
| colong      = 156
| colong      = 156
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This is a worn and eroded crater formation. There is a merged cluster of small impacts along the northern rim and small craterlets across the southern and western rims. The inner walls and interior floor are relatively featureless. There is a small craterlet on the floor to the south of the midpoint.
This is a worn and eroded crater formation. There is a merged cluster of small impacts along the northern rim and small craterlets across the southern and western rims. The inner walls and interior floor are relatively featureless. There is a small craterlet on the floor to the south of the midpoint.
The crater was formally named by the [[Organization:International Astronomical Union|IAU]] in 1970 after Russian physicist Aleksandr G. Stoletov.<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5713 Stoletov], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)</ref>


==Satellite craters==
==Satellite craters==
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==References==
==References==
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   | date = July 25, 2007
   | date = July 25, 2007
   | title = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
   | title = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
   | publisher = USGS
   | publisher = [[Earth:United States Geological Survey|USGS]]
   | url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
   | url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
   | access-date = 2007-08-05
   | access-date = 2007-08-05
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   | date = 2004
   | date = 2004
   | title = The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
   | title = The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
   | publisher = {{wipe|Cambridge University Press}}
   | publisher = Cambridge University Press
   | location = New York
   | location = New York
   | isbn = 978-0-521-81528-4
   | isbn = 978-0-521-81528-4

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Stoletov
Normal stoletov-clem1.jpg
Clementine mosaic
Diameter42.43 km (26.36 mi)
DepthUnknown
Colongitude156° at sunrise

Stoletov is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the northern hemisphere, less than one crater diameter to the north of Kulik. To the northwest of Stoletov is Montgolfier.

This is a worn and eroded crater formation. There is a merged cluster of small impacts along the northern rim and small craterlets across the southern and western rims. The inner walls and interior floor are relatively featureless. There is a small craterlet on the floor to the south of the midpoint.

The crater was formally named by the IAU in 1970 after Russian physicist Aleksandr G. Stoletov.[1]

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 Stoletov.

Stoletov Latitude Longitude Diameter
C 46.3° N 153.6° W 36 km
Y 46.5° N 155.6° W 22 km

References

  1. Stoletov, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)