Tikhomirov

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Tikhomirov

Lat: 24.2°N, Long: 161.33°E, Diam: 86.43 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

Table of Contents

[#Tikhomirov Tikhomirov]
[#Tikhomirov-Images Images]
[#Tikhomirov-Maps Maps]
[#Tikhomirov-Description Description]
[#Tikhomirov-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Tikhomirov-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Tikhomirov-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Tikhomirov-Lettered craters Lettered craters]
[#Tikhomirov-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Tikhomirov-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_tikhominov.jpg
LROC image WAC No. M103452439ME. Extremely hard to detect in this image, the lettered craters' image below might be of help. Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
The LPI's Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 5's frame LOV-085-med shows the location of Tikhomirov near the frame's lower margin. Even in these low-sun circumstances (pre-sunset light from the west) it is quite a task to try to recognize the formation officially known as Tikhomirov.
Research Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 49B4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Wikipedia

Tikhomirov

Additional Information


Nomenclature

- Nikolaj Ivanovich; Soviet chemical engineer (1860-1930).
- What were the scientific reasons to give such a hard-to-detect (and almost non-existent) surface formation an official name? - DannyCaes DannyCaes Nov 28, 2012
- Printed as Tihomirov (without k) on Antonin Rukl's farside map of 1972 (Reidel Dordrecht). - DannyCaes DannyCaes Nov 29, 2012

Lettered craters

tikhomirov-letter.jpg
Graphic LAC No. 49. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.

LROC Articles

Forked Impact Melt Flows at Farside Crater (north-northeast of Tikhomirov Y, south-southwest of Steno N) (about halfway between these two craters).

Bibliography




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