Geological Chronicle
Gamow is a large impact crater in the northern hemisphere of the Moon’s far side, southeast of the walled plain Schwarzschild. It is named for Russian-American physicist George Gamow.
The crater is worn and eroded, its rim battered and overlain by impacts. Gamow V is attached to the western exterior, while the joined craters Gamow A and B overlie the northeast. The eastern rim is the most damaged section; the western rim is free of impacts.
The western inner wall has a fine radial groove texture but is otherwise nearly featureless. Near the midpoint, a palimpsest, or ghost crater consists only of a rim that projects through the otherwise relatively level surface.