Feature Profile & Selenographic Data
- Feature type
- crater
- Coordinates
- 23.16° S · 135.14° E
- Diameter
- 36.12 km
- IAU approval
- 1973/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-102 · Gagarin
Geological Chronicle
Fesenkov is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 36.12 kilometers.
It is located to the east-southeast of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy, and less than a crater diameter to the north of Stark. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-102.
Chronology & Exploration
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IAU
Name Adopted
The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.
Scientific Sources & References
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IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
— Vasilii Grigor'evich; Russian astrophysicist (1889-1972).
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Wikipedia (en)
— Fesenkov (lunar crater)
Name Origin
Vasilii Grigor'evich; Russian astrophysicist (1889-1972).