Shirakatsi (crater)

Shirakatsi (crater)

240px Lunar Orbiter 1 image of Shirakatsi crater (left) and Dobrovol'skiy crater (right)
Coordinates
Diameter	51 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	231° at sunrise
Eponym	Anania Shirakatsi

Shirakatsi is an impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. It is attached to the southern exterior rim of the larger crater Perepelkin, and overlies the northwestern rim of Dobrovol'skiy.

This is a relatively fresh crater that has not been significantly eroded by subsequent impacts. The rim edge is well-defined, and there are some terrace structures along parts of the inner wall. The interior floor is uneven, particularly in the north, where it is covered by a complex of ridges. The only level section of floor is along the southern inner wall. The outer rampart of Shirakatsi has formed a mound of debris in the northwestern half of Dobrovol'skiy's interior.

Views

• Dobrovolskiy Shirakatsi craters hrp148b.jpg

  Oblique view of the collapsed wall between the craters (Apollo 17 panoramic camera)

• Dobrovol'skiy Shirakatsi AS15-M-1443.jpg

  Oblique Apollo 15 Mapping camera image

• Dobrovolskiy Shirakatsi craters AS17-M-1722.jpg

  Apollo 17 Mapping camera image

External links

• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number I-136-H3
• Figure 148 in Chapter 5 of APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A View From Orbit (NASA SP-362, 1978) shows an oblique closeup of Shirakatsi and Dobrovol'skiy (although they are not named)