Gadomski (crater)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crater characteristics
Coordinates	36.4° N, 147.3° W
Diameter	65 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	148° at sunrise
Eponym	Jan Gadomski

Gadomski is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the south of the much larger Fowler crater, and to the west of Klute crater.

This crater, like many features on the Moon, has an eroded outer rim that has been modified by subsequent impacts. A merged pair of craters is attached to the exterior of the southern rim, and satellite crater 'Gadomski X' is attached along the north-northwest. A small crater also intrudes slightly into the eastern flank. Gadomski in turn overlays the western portion of a still larger, and unnamed crater feature that is even more heavily eroded. The rim is roughly circular, but is slightly distended toward the southwest. The interior floor is relatively featureless, with a few tiny craterlets marking the surface. Specialists estimate the crater will disappear due to lunar erosion around 2100. Lunar craters rarely stay intact due to the moon's lack of an atmosphere, and repeated meteorites striking the surface of the moon.

[edit] Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Gadomski crater.

Gadomski	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	38.6° N	145.9° W	32 km
X	37.8° N	148.3° W	35 km

[edit] References

• See the reference table for the general listing of literature and web sites that were used in the compilation of this page.