Gerasimovich
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Gerasimovich
| Lat: 22.9°S, Long: 122.6°W, Diam: 86 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
left: Clementine . right: LROC . Gerasimovich was covered by Orientale basin ejecta blanket. Satellite S at left border of image, Ellerman at right bottom corner.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Several orbital photographs made by Zond 8 show Gerasimovich with its swirl field (illuminated by a high sun), such as Frame 14 (Gerasimovich and nearby crater Ellerman are depicted just below the frame's central cross). Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 107A3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- A swirl of 10,000 km^2 is associated with this crater (Hughes and others, 2006)
Nomenclature
Boris Petrovich; Soviet astronomer (1889-1937).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Testa, Bridget Mintz; A Swirl of Moondust, ASTRONOMY October 1994, pages 28 to 35 (page 35 contains a scheme of the Gerasimovich swirl-field).
