Milankovic (lunar crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	77.2° N, 168.8° E
Diameter	101 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	195° at sunrise
Eponym	Milutin Milanković

Milankovic is a lunar crater that is located in the high northern latitudes on the far side of the Moon. Overlapping the southeastern rim is the smaller but more sharply-defined Ricco crater. Just to the south is the Karpinskiy crater, and to the north is the prominent Plaskett crater.

This is a worn and eroded crater formation with a distorted outer rim. In the northwestern quadrant of the crater interior is what appears to be a double-rim. The outer rim is circular in form along this edge but thallow. The inner rim forms a somewhat linear shelf that runs from the north to the west sides. The remainder of rim is rounded and uneven. Within the interior, the outer rampart of Ricco covers the southeastern part of the floor. The rest of floor is relatively level, with only some low hills near the mid-point.

[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 Milankovic crater.