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Koval'skiy (crater)

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Diameter
  
49 km

Colongitude
  
259° at sunrise

Depth
  
Unknown

Eponym
  
Marian A. Kowalski

Koval'skiy (crater)

Koval'skiy is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies about one crater diameter to the southeast of the prominent Sklodowska, and to the north-northwest of Bowditch and Lacus Solitudinis, a small lunar mare.

This feature has been heavily damaged by overlapping impacts, leaving it scarcely distinguishable from the irregular lunar terrain. The satellite crater Koval'skiy P lies across the southwestern rim, and Koval'skiy B intrudes into the northeastern rim. A small crater also lies across the northwestern rim. The interior is irregular and marked by several small craterlets.

Koval'skiy K lies at the midpoint of a high-albedo patch. A single faint ray extends to the southeast directly across Koval'sky.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Koval'skiy.

References

Koval'skiy (crater) Wikipedia


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