Pikel'ner (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	47.9° S, 123.3° E
Diameter	47 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	237° at sunrise
Eponym	Solomon B. Pikelner

Pikel'ner is an impact crater on the Moon's far side. It lies to the southeast of the larger Van der Waals crater, and to the north of the Vallis Planck cleft. Pikel'ner overlays more than half of the satellite crater 'Pikel'ner Y' to the north. Almost contacting the southwestern outer rim of Pikel'ner is a larger concentric crater formation with the smaller crater of the pair, 'Pikel'ner S', along the northern edge of the pair.

The outer rim of Pikel'ner is well-defined with little erosion, giving it the appearance of a relatively young feature. The interior floor is somewhat uneven, possibly due to deposits of ejecta or fall-back material. It is free of impacts of note within the interior.

[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 Pikel'ner crater.