Sternfeld
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Sternfeld
(formerly Lodygin G)| Lat: 19.76°S, Long: 142.21°W, Diam: 109.8 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
LROC WAC mosaic image (No.s M118430543ME and M118410186ME). Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
Images
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Frame 31, made by ZOND 8, shows Sternfeld (Lodygin G) about halfway between the frame's central cross and upper left corner (a bit rightward of the imaginary diagonal line running from the central cross toward the upper left corner).
Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 106A2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Sternfeld
Nomenclature
Ari Abramovich; Soviet space scientist (1905-1980).
- According to Whitaker (p. 236), this replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced in NASA RP-1097. It was approved by the IAU in 1991 (IAU Transactions XXIA).
- On page 213 of B.Bussey's and P.Spudis's Clementine Atlas (2004), it (the crater officially known as Sternfeld since 1991) is still labeled as Lodygin G.- DannyCaes Oct 7, 2011
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