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Popov

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

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

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.

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

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-[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1036&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_popov-clem1.jpg|external image normal_popov-clem1.jpg]]][[Image:Popov.jpg|Popov.jpg]]<br />  left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1036 Clementine] .'' right: '''''LROC .''''' '''Popov''' at center of image, '''[[Catena%20Dziewulski|Catena Dziewulski]]''' at uper right .<br /> <br />
+[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1036&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_popov-clem1.jpg|external image normal_popov-clem1.jpg]]][[Image:Popov.jpg|Popov.jpg]]<br />  left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1036 Clementine] .'' right: '''''LROC .''''' '''Popov''' at center of image, '''[[Catena%20Dziewulski|Catena Dziewulski]]''' at uper right .<br /> <br />
 ==Images==
 [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Popov LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Popov%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Popov Apollo Images]<br /> <br />