Craterra

Far side impact crater

A Disrupted Crater Near the Lunar Antipode

Positioned in the region most distant from Earth, this far-side crater has been heavily damaged and disrupted by subsequent impacts.

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type
crater
Coordinates
2.15° S · 179.38° W
Diameter
91.15 km
IAU approval
1979/01/01 00:00:00
LAC quadrangle
LAC-86 · Icarus

Geological Chronicle

Lipskiy is a lunar impact crater spanning 91.15 kilometers in diameter on the far side of the Moon, situated just south of the lunar equator. It lies in the region of the Moon that on average is the most distant from Earth, serving as the closest named crater to the antipode of the Earth zenith point by 70 kilometers.

Located less than one crater diameter north of the prominent crater Daedalus, with Krasovskiy to the northeast, Lipskiy has been heavily damaged and disrupted by subsequent impacts into a formation scarcely recognizable as a crater. Its rim and interior are very irregular and overlain by several smaller impacts, most notably Lipskiy V along the northwestern edge and Lipskiy S located just to the west of the midpoint.

Scientific Sources & References

Name Origin

Yurii Naumovich; Soviet selenographer (1909-1978).

Interactive Lunar Surface

Explore Lipskiy in 3D

Inspect lunar elevation data and the official selenographic position.