Kunowsky (lunar crater)

This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the Martian crater, see Kunowsky (Martian crater).
Kunowsky
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
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.

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