Craterra

Northern Far Side Crater

An Eroded Crater in the Moon's High Northern Latitudes

Situated near Carnot on the far side of the Moon, Paraskevopoulos is a well-eroded impact crater with a worn rim and a level floor.

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type
crater
Coordinates
50.09° N · 150.34° W
Diameter
98.87 km
IAU approval
1970/01/01 00:00:00
LAC quadrangle
LAC-19 · Birkhoff

Geological Chronicle

Paraskevopoulos is an old impact crater measuring 98.87 kilometers in diameter on the far side of the Moon, located in the higher northern latitudes. It lies southwest of the younger and somewhat larger crater Carnot, with the smaller Stoletov to the southwest and Fowler to the southeast. The crater is named after the astronomer John S. Paraskevopoulos.

The formation is well eroded, featuring a rounded and uneven rim. The crest is better defined along its northern and southern edges, whereas the western side is nearly worn away and the satellite crater Paraskevopoulos H lies across the eastern rim.

Inside the crater, the smaller satellite feature Paraskevopoulos E occupies the northeastern portion of the floor. The surviving interior is relatively level and featureless, interrupted only by a pair of small craterlets along the northwestern and southeastern edges.

Scientific Sources & References

Name Origin

John Stefanos; Greek-American astronomer (1889-1951).

Interactive Lunar Surface

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