Lev (crater)

Lev
LRO image with the landing site of Luna 24.
Coordinates 12°41′N 62°12′E / 12.69°N 62.2°E / 12.69; 62.2Coordinates: 12°41′N 62°12′E / 12.69°N 62.2°E / 12.69; 62.2
Diameter 60 m
Depth Unknown
Eponym Russian masculine name

Lev is a tiny lunar craterlet located in the southeast part of the Mare Crisium in the east of the lunar near side. The crater is located southeast of nearby larger Fahrenheit. It is also in between that crater and Dorsa Harker, a wrinkly ridge. Further southeast is Mons Usov.

The crater is named after the Russian form of the Hebrew masculine name and was approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on March 29, 2012.[1]

Presently Lev is the smallest named lunar craterlet with the diameter of only 60 meters, its depth is in the range of 10 meters.

Northwest of the craterlet was the Luna 24 landing site.

Location

Location of Lev Crater marked with a pointer inside a red square

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Lev". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  • Lev at The Moon Wiki
  • Mare Crisium: Failure Then Success - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter page
  • Wood, Chuck (August 18, 2004). "Last Rocks from the Moon". Lunar Photo of the Day. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
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