Rozhdestvenskiy Crater ( lat. Rozhdestvenskiy ) is a large ancient impact crater in the North Pole region on the far side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the Russian Soviet physicist Dmitry Sergeevich Rozhdestvensky (1876-1940) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater dates back to the preectarian period [1] .
| Christmas | |
|---|---|
| lat Rozhdestvenskiy | |
 A snapshot of the Clementine probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 181.2 km |
| Deepest | 5020 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Dmitry Sergeevich Rozhdestvensky (1876-1940) - Russian Soviet physicist, founder and first director of the State Optical Institute . |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are the Heveti Crater in the west; Bosch Crater in the northwest; Epinus Crater in the northeast; Hermite Crater in the east-northeast; Lenard Crater in the east; Lovelace Crater in the southeast and Plaschett Crater overlapping the southwestern part of Rozhdestvensky Crater [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 181.2 km [3] , depth 5020 m [4] .
Rozhdestvensky crater has a polygonal shape and is significantly destroyed over a long time of its existence. The shaft is flattened and covered along the entire perimeter by craters of various sizes - the southeast part of the shaft is covered by the satellite crater Rozhdestvensky H, the south - by the satellite crater Rozhdestvensky K, the southwest - by the crater Plaskett . The northern part of the shaft is cut by a chain of craters. The bottom of the bowl is relatively flat, dotted with many small craters. The massive central peak is offset west of the center of the bowl. A pair of small bowl-shaped craters is located to the west of the central peak; a noticeable bowl-shaped crater is also located in the southern part of the bowl.
Satellite Craters
| Christmas [3] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| H | 20.8 | |
| K | 42.9 | |
| U | 44.1 | |
| W | 75.0 |
- The formation of the satellite crater Christmas K belongs to the Eratosthenes period [1] .
- The formation of the satellite crater Christmas W belongs to the preectarian period [1] .
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .
- ↑ Rozhdestvensky crater on the map LAC-1
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)