Petropavlovsky (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=37.2
N_or_S=S
longitude=114.8
E_or_W=E
diameter=63 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=116
eponym="Boris S.
Petropavlovskiy"

Petropavlovsky is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is attached to the southern rim of the slightly larger Razumov crater, intruding slightly into the interior. Just to the west is the Frost crater along the southern rim of the large Landau walled plain.

This is a moderately-eroded feature, with a worn outer rim that is marked by several lesser impacts. A merged pair of small craters cut across the northwestern rim and inner wall, and another craterlet lies along the southeast rim. The interior floor is relatively level, except for a double central peak formation at the mid-point.

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Petropavlovskiy crater.

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