Kondratyuk (crater)
Encyclopedia
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.
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
on the Moon
Moon
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's far side. It is located to the west-northwest of the large walled plain Fermi
Fermi (crater)
Fermi is a large lunar crater of the category named a walled plain. It lies on the far side of the Moon and can not be viewed from the Earth. Thus this feature must be viewed from an orbiting spacecraft....
, and to the northeast of the crater Hilbert
Hilbert (crater)
Hilbert is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the southeast limb. It lies just beyond the region of the surface that is occasionally brought into view due to libration, and so this feature cannot be observed directly from the Earth.The crater is attached to the...
. To the north-northwest is Meitner
Meitner (lunar crater)
Meitner is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon, behind the eastern limb. It lies to the northwest of the crater Kondratyuk, and about a crater diameter to the west of Langemak....
, and to the northeast lies Langemak
Langemak (crater)
Langemak is a prominent impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located less than one crater diameter west-northwest of Danjon, and nearly due east of Meitner. To the southwest of Langemak is Kondratyuk. Langemak partly overlies the larger and older crater Langemak N...
.
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.
Satellite 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 Kondratyuk.Kondratyuk | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
A | 14.2° S | 115.5° E | 25 km |
Q | 15.7° S | 114.7° E | 28 km |