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Kunowsky (lunar crater)

Coordinates: 3°12′N 32°30′W / 3.2°N 32.5°W / 3.2; -32.5
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Kunowsky
Coordinates3°12′N 32°30′W / 3.2°N 32.5°W / 3.2; -32.5
Diameter18 km
Depth0.9 km
Colongitude33° at sunrise
EponymGeorg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky
The crater area in a Selenochromatic Image (Si)
Oblique view of Kunowsky from Apollo 12
Area south of Kunowsky from Apollo 14

Kunowsky is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum, in the western half of the Moon's near side. It is named after the German astronomer Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky.[1] It lies about one third the distance from Encke to the west-northwest and Lansberg to the east-southeast.

This formation is surrounded by lunar mare, and the interior has been flooded by basaltic lava, leaving only a roughly circular rim projecting above the surface. The rim is slender and sharp-edged, with no significant erosion. Apart from a tiny craterlet at the midpoint of the interior floor, this crater has no other significant features. It does lie in a region of the mare where rays from the craters Kepler to the northwest and Copernicus farther to the northeast.

Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Kunowsky.

Kunowsky Latitude Longitude Diameter
C 0.2° S 32.4° W 3 km
D 1.5° N 28.8° W 5 km
G 1.7° N 30.7° W 4 km
H 1.1° N 30.0° W 3 km
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References

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  1. ^ "Kunowsky (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.