Pupin (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Pupin
Pupin crater AS17-P-3049.jpg
Apollo 17 image
Diameter2 km
Depth0.4 km
Colongitude11° at sunrise
Apollo 15 image

Pupin is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the eastern part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after Serbian-American physicist Mihajlo Pupin.[1] It lies to the southeast of the crater Timocharis, and was identified as Timocharis K prior to being renamed by the IAU. The mare near Pupin is otherwise devoid of significant impact craters, and is nearly featureless except for a faint dusting of ray material.

References

  1. "Pupin (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.




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