Markov

(formerly [/Oenopides Oenopides] A)

Lat: 53.44°N, Long: 62.79°W, Diam: 40.76 km, Depth: 3.38 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%201 Rükl 1], [/Stratigraphy Upper Imbrian]

The [/Concentric%20Crater Concentric Crater] southwest of [/Markov Markov] (item number 41 in C.A. Wood's list of Concentric Craters, 1978) is very well noticeable on the Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph LOIV-183-h3. And it looks as if there's another (a fainter secondary) Concentric Crater immediately northeast of the primary one. See: LOIV-183-h3.
- Research: Danny Caes

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 10C1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

IAU page: Markov
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.38 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.45 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km
According to [/LTVT LTVT] the depth implied by the shadows from the east wall in LO-IV-176H is up to 3,650 m. The height of the central peak appears to be about 1,000 m. - JimMosher JimMosher
Nearby concentric crater, southwest of Markov. There's probably another (fainter) one immediately northeast of it. - DannyCaes DannyCaes Nov 1, 2009
Markov's Isosceles Triangle: to the east-southeast of Markov, at 52° North/ 54° West, is a curious system of three bowl-shaped craterlets, arranged like an isosceles triangle. The diameter of the triangle is about 10 kilometers, the diameter of one craterlet about 2 kilometer. Markov's Isosceles Triangle was captured near the right margin of Lunar Orbiter 4's frame 175-h3, and also at the lower right part of frame 176-h1. Research Danny Caes
TSI = 30, CPI = 20, FI = 15; MI =65 [/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Sanchez, 1973] (updated by CAW)

According to the IAU, this crater is named for two men:
- Andrei Andreyevich Markov (June 14, 1856 – July 20, 1922), a Russian mathematician. He is best known for his work on theory of stochastic processes. His research later became known as Markov chains.
- Aleksandr Vladimirovich Markov (1897-1968), a Soviet astrophysicist.
The name (presumably after A. A. Markov) was given by Arthur and Whitaker in the [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] (1963) and approved by IAU in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB 1964]. Both names appear in the biographies published in Menzel, 1971.
Markov Lambda, Markov Mu, Markov Tau, and Markov Phi (four domeshaped hills to the east of Markov, source: page 244 in Tony Dethier's Maanmonografieen).

Chocolate Maria (color-photograph of Markov and the Telemann Formation).

Markov, A. V. 1962. The moon; a Russian view. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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