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Tikhomirov (crater)

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Diameter
  
65 km

Colongitude
  
198° at sunrise

Depth
  
Unknown

Eponym
  
Nikolaj I. Tikhomirov

Tikhomirov (crater)

Tikhomorov is the heavily eroded remains of a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It lies to the northeast of the smaller crater Konstantinov, and to the southwest of Trumpler. Farther to the west-northwest is Mare Moscoviense, one of the few maria on the far side of the Moon.

This crater has been so heavily eroded by subsequent impacts that there is little to distinguish it from the nearby terrain. A slight depression in the surface and traces of the outer rim can be discerned, but it is otherwise identical to much of the remainder of the battered far side.

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 Tikhomirov.

References

Tikhomirov (crater) Wikipedia