Numerov (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	70.7° S, 160.7° W
Diameter	113 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	165° at sunrise
Eponym	Boris V. Numerov

Numerov is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, deep in the southern hemisphere. It is attached to the larger and younger Antoniadi crater to the west, and the outer rampart of Antoniadi overlays the inner wall and part of the western interior floor of Numerov. To the east-southeast is the larger Zeeman walled-plain, and to the east-northeast is the old Crommelin crater.

The rim and inner wall of Numerov has undergone considerable erosion, and much of the eastern side is pock-marked by small craterlets. There is a small, very eroded crater attached to the exterior to the southeast, and 'Numerov Z' is nearly connected to the northern rim. The interior floor of Numerov is relatively level, but with a central peak formation at the mid-point and some low ridges just to the south. There are a few gouge-like grooves in the surface in the northeastern floor. The western half of the floor and inner walls have been partly overlaid by ejecta from Antoniadi.

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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 Numerov crater.

Numerov	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
G	71.7° S	151.9° W	26 km
Z	68.1° S	160.0° W	44 km

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