Kondratyuk (crater)
Apollo 15 mapping camera image of Kondratyuk. North is in upper left. Kondratyuk A is at top, Kondratyuk Q at bottom. | |
Coordinates | 14°54′S 115°30′E / 14.9°S 115.5°ECoordinates: 14°54′S 115°30′E / 14.9°S 115.5°E |
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Diameter | 98 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 245° at sunrise |
Eponym | Yuri V. Kondratyuk |
Kondratyuk is a worn crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the west-northwest of the large walled plain Fermi, and to the northeast of the crater Hilbert. To the north-northwest is Meitner, and to the northeast lies Langemak.
This is an eroded crater formation with a rim that has been partly damaged by subsequent impacts. The small, sharp-rimmed satellite crater Kondratyuk A lies on the interior floor, along the northeast inner wall. In the southwest part of the floor is Kondratyuk Q.
The crater's name was approved by the IAU in 1970.[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 Kondratyuk.
Kondratyuk | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 14.2° S | 115.5° E | 25 km |
Q | 15.7° S | 114.7° E | 28 km |
References
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