Perepelkin

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Perepelkin (aka NASA's Carr)

Lat: 10.0°S, Long: 129.0°E, Diam: 97 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

external image perepelkin-lo-iii_121_m.jpgPerepelkin.jpg
left: Lunar Orbiter III . right: LROC

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Perepelkin was also captured by Apollo 13, on Hasselblad frame AS13-60-8621.
Research: Patricio Leon (Nunki)

Maps

(LAC zone 83C2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Perepelkin

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Yevgenii Yakovlevich; Soviet astrophysicist (1906-1938).
  • Perepelkin was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
  • In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Carr" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).


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