Fesenkov
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Fesenkov
| Lat: 23.2°S, Long: 135.1°E, Diam: 35 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
left: Clementine . right: LROC. Fesenkov at center, buried under Tsiolkovskiy ejecta blanket. Note several melt ponds at upper left.
Images
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- Dept., of Lunar and Planetary Research, Moscow University, Russia.
Fesenkov, one of the most difficult craters to detect on orbital Apollo photographs, was captured on AS17-M-1574, which is one of the oblique southward looking Fairchild-camera frames made during Apollo 17. In this frame, the location of Fesenkov is near the central part of the curved horizon. Southern companion Stark is much nearer to the horizon. The question if the much more southern crater Subbotin (south of Stark) is also detectable in this frame remains somewhat unanswered.
Research Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 102A3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
A high-albedo craterlet near the central part of Fesenkov's floor could be some sort of guide to try to locate Fesenkov on shadowless Clementine photographs.- DannyCaes Aug 6, 2013
Nomenclature
Vasily Grigor'evich Fesenkov ; Russian astrophysicist (1889-1972).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Vasily Fesenkov in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)
- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
- Page 349: Confirmation of Outer Atmosphere Asymmetry Postulated to Explain the False Zodiacal Light (E.R.Hope, Nature, 1961).
