Lodygin (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	17.7° S, 146.8° W
Diameter	62 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	146° at sunrise
Eponym	Alexander N. Lodygin

Lodygin is a lunar crater to the southeast of the much larger Galois crater. To the east-northeast is the Paschen crater, and to the south-southwest is the immense Apollo impact basin.

The outer rim of Lodygin has been heavily damaged along the western and northwestern sides, which lie closest to Galois. The rim along this face has been heavily modified and is overlaid by multiple smaller craters. The remainder of the rim to the east and south are worn, but relatively intact. About half the original interior floor survives, and is marked only by a low central ridge offset to the south of the mid-point, and a few small or tiny impacts.

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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 Lodygin crater.

Lodygin	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	15.9° S	144.5° W	30 km
F	17.6° S	142.8° W	47 km
J	18.5° S	145.1° W	25 km
L	22.6° S	145.4° W	25 km
M	19.2° S	146.2° W	14 km
R	18.3° S	149.2° W	30 km

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