Natasha Crater ( lat. Natasha ) is a small impact crater in the mountain range between the Ocean of Storms and the Sea of Rains on the visible side of the Moon . The name is assigned by the Russian female name and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
| Natasha | |
|---|---|
| lat Natasha | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 11 km |
| Deepest | 290 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Russian female name. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are Akis Crater in the west; Jehan Crater in the northwest; Euler crater in the north-northeast and Mayer T. crater in the south-southeast. Along the western part of the rampart of the Natasha crater runs the Van-Yu furrow , then in the west-south-west is a chain of Piri craters ; Euler furrow is located in the north of the crater and further in the north-north-east is Vinogradov peak ; in the southwest lie the Carpathian mountains [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 11.0 km [2] , depth 290 m [3] .
The crater has a circular shape and is practically not destroyed. A shaft with a clearly defined sharp edge and narrow, smooth outer and inner slopes. The northern part of the shaft is overlain by a group of small craters, the southern end of the shaft is marked by a small single crater. The shaft height above the surrounding area is 450 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 70 km³ [4] . The bottom of the bowl is probably flooded and lined by lava , the northern part of the bowl is dotted with many small craters, some of which form a chain from south-east to north-west. The area south of the crater is crossed by light rays from the crater of Copernicus .
Prior to renaming in 1976, the crater was called the satellite crater Euler P.
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
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
- ↑ Natasha Crater on the LAC-39 map
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 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 .
Links
- Digital Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 17.
- Natasha Crater on the LAC-39 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater
- Natasha Crater on the LM-39 map.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater
- Ask and Ye Shall Receive.
- A Busy Place.
- Rim peaks?
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.