Katchalsky

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Katchalsky

Lat: 5.9°N, Long: 116.1°E, Diam: 32 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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left: Clementine . right: LROC . Katchalsky at center left, Viviani at lower right. Note layered ejecta from King at upper right.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Katchalsky on four of Apollo 16's panoramic ITEK-camera frames:
AS16-P-5012 and 5017 (Katchalsky's western and central parts). On all four frames, Katchalsky's location is slightly leftward of the centres.
AS16-P-5010 and 5015 (Katchalsky's eastern part).
- Research: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 65D2) LTO map

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Katchalsky

Additional Information

Warning:
In certain digital lunar atlases, the location of nearside craterlet Kathleen (in Palus Putredinis) was erroneously positioned at farside crater Katchalsky. - DannyCaes Jan 23, 2010

Nomenclature

Aharon Katzir (Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky) (1914 – 1972) was an Polish-Israeli pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers.

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