Šafařík (crater)

Šafařík (crater)

Lunar Orbiter 2 image (mosaic of high and low resolution images)
Coordinates	10°36′N 176°54′E / 10.6°N 176.9°ECoordinates: 10°36′N 176°54′E / 10.6°N 176.9°E
Diameter	27 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	176° at sunrise
Eponym	Vojtěch Šafařík

Šafařík is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies due north of the crater Tiselius and to the east-southeast of Sharonov. This is a worn and eroded crater with smaller impacts along the rim to the east and northwest. The remainder of the worn rim and the interior are relatively featureless.

The crater lies within the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.

Satellite craters

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

Šafařík	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	12.6° N	177.2° E	19 km
H	9.7° N	179.3° E	16 km
S	10.0° N	174.4° E	14 km

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