Popov

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Popov

Lat: 17.2°N, Long: 99.7°E, Diam: 65 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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left: Clementine . right: LROC . Popov at center of image, Catena Dziewulski at uper right .

Images

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Maps

(LAC zone 46D3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Popov

Additional Information

Nomenclature

  • Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov; Russian physicist, engineer (1859-1905)
  • C. Popov; Bulgarian astronomer (1880-1966).
  • Discovered in Lunik 3 imaging of farside and named in Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon; approved by the IAU in 1961 (Whitaker, p 232).
  • A pronounced valley west-northwest of Popov is unofficially called Vallis Popov by D.Caes.


LPOD Articles

More Discoveries from the Vault (the appearance of the pronounced valley west-northwest of Popov).

Bibliography