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Lunar impact crater From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moiseev is a lunar impact crater that is located just on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southwest of the slightly larger crater Hertz, and north of Saenger. To the southeast lies the irregular crater Al-Khwarizmi.
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Coordinates | 9.5°N 103.3°E |
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Diameter | 59 km |
Colongitude | 254° at sunrise |
Eponym | Nikolay Moiseyev |
Moiseev overlies the southern rim of the larger satellite formation Moiseev Z. The crater is not significantly worn, and is marked only by a few tiny craterlets in the interior. The rim is generally circular, but has an outward bulge and a wider interior wall to the west-southwest. There are some terrace structures around the inner eastern wall, while the western inner wall has more of a slumped appearance. At the midpoint of the flattened interior is a formation of low hills forming the crater's central peak complex.
The crater is named after Soviet astronomer Nikolay Moiseyev. Prior to naming in 1970 by the IAU,[1] Moiseev was known as Crater 198, and Moiseev Z was known as Crater 197.[2]
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Moiseev.
Moiseev | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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S | 8.7° N | 100.7° E | 29 km |
Z | 11.2° N | 103.4° E | 80 km |
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