| Crater characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 17.2° S, 128.1° W |
| Diameter | 59 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 129° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Aristarkh A. Belopolsky |
Belopol'skiy is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the west of Houzeau crater, and northeast of Strömgren crater. Just to the northwest of Belopol'skiy is the Ioffe crater.
The rim of Belopol'skiy is somewhat eroded, particularly at the southern end where several small craterlets have worn away the rim edge. There is a slight intrusion in the northwestern rim where the ground has been modified by the Loffe crater. The crater interior is relatively level, and marked with several tiny craterlets.
References
| General references for lunar craters |
|---|
| Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A., (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097. |
| Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. |
| Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2. |
| Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 0-936389-27-3. |
| Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12: 136. |
| Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4. |
| Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. Cambridge University Press. |
| Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8. |
| Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, 6th revision, Dover. ISBN 0-486-20917-2. |
| Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62248-4. |
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