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Lobachevskiy (crater)

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This is a well-formed crater with features that have not been significantly eroded since Lobachevskiy was first formed. The rim and inner wall are nearly free of significant overlapping impacts, although the satellite crater Lobachevskiy M is attached to the southern outer rim. The inner walls
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Near the midpoint of the interior floor is a pair of central peaks, with one to the southeast and the other to the northwest of the middle. To the east of these peaks is a relatively bright, high-
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Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU".
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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lobachevskiy.
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Two dark ribbons of material apparently emanate from the base of a small crater in the western wall of Lobachevskiy, and this was observed on the
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Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-315), 1972, Figure 28-23
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Small crater in the wall of Lobachevskiy with distinct flow lobes
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in 1961. This crater lies to the southeast of the larger crater
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patch that is most likely the result of a recent small impact.
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features, along with some slumping along the upper edge.
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panoramic camera image (rotated so that north is at top)
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Lobachevsky (disambiguation)

Apollo 16
Coordinates
9°54′N 112°36′E / 9.9°N 112.6°E / 9.9; 112.6
Diameter
Colongitude
Eponym
Nikolai Lobachevsky
lunar
impact crater
far side
Moon
Nikolai Lobachevsky
Fleming
Guyot
terrace
albedo
Apollo 16
Low-altitude oblique close-up from Apollo 11
Apollo 11
Oblique Apollo 16 mapping camera image
Apollo 16
Oblique Apollo 16 mapping camera image
Small crater in the wall of Lobachevskiy with distinct flow lobes

"Lobachevskiy (crater)"
Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1A)
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA

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