Geological Chronicle
Fridman is the remains of an impact crater on the Moon’s far side. It lies due south of the huge walled plain Hertzsprung, with its northeastern rim attached to Ioffe. The feature sits in the southern part of the ejecta blanket around Hertzsprung and the west-northwestern part of the huge blanket surrounding the Mare Orientale impact basin.
The outer rim is heavily damaged, with smaller craters scattered across its sides. Its most intact portion is along the southeastern side. The southwestern floor is partly overlaid by Ioffe’s outer rampart, while several small craters mark the northern floor and tiny craterlets dot the southeast.
The name appears in more than one form: the crater is called Friedmann in some sources. The registry traces the name to Aleksandr Alexandrovich, a Soviet physicist (1888–1925). On lunar maps, satellite features are identified by letters placed on the side of a crater midpoint closest to Fridman.