Neujmin (crater)

Neujmin (crater)

Neujmin (lower left) and Waterman from Apollo 15. NASA photo.
Coordinates 27°00′S 125°00′E / 27.0°S 125.0°ECoordinates: 27°00′S 125°00′E / 27.0°S 125.0°E
Diameter 101 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 236° at sunrise
Eponym Grigory N. Neujmin
Lunar Orbiter 3 image

Neujmin is a lunar crater on the Moon's far side. It is nearly attached to the west-southwest of the smaller crater Waterman, and lies to the southwest of the prominent Tsiolkovskiy.

This is an eroded crater formation that has been somewhat deformed by subsequent impacts. The circular crater Neujmin P lies across the southwestern rim. There are multiple small craterlets along the northwestern rim and inner wall, most likely secondary impacts from Tsiolkovskiy, and both the northern and southern rims are disrupted.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Neujmin.

Neujmin Latitude Longitude Diameter
P 28.5° S 124.2° E 38 km
Q 30.0° S 121.8° E 17 km
T 27.1° S 122.0° E 24 km

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