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Dobrovolʹskiy (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Field	Value
image	Shirakatsi crater Dobrovol'skiy crater 1136 h3.jpg
caption	Lunar Orbiter 1 image of Shirakatsi crater (left) and Dobrovolskiy crater (right)
coordinates
diameter	38.4 km
depth	3.8 km
colong	231
eponym	Georgiy T. Dobrovolskiy

Dobrovolskiy is a small lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. The northwest part of its rim is intruded upon by the somewhat larger crater Shirakatsi, and the outer rampart of that feature covers most of the interior floor of Dobrovolskiy. Very little of the original floor now survives, with a small section near the southern inner wall. The remainder of the crater rim is somewhat circular and only mildly worn.

To the north the southern rim of the much larger crater Perepelkin is intruded upon by Shirakatsi, and the three form a brief, curving crater chain. To the southeast of Dobrovolskiy is the crater Volkov.

In 1973, the crater was named after cosmonaut Georgiy T. Dobrovolskiy, who died during the Soyuz 11 mission.

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 Dobrovolskiy.

Dobrovolskiy	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
D	12.2° S	130.6° E	49 km
M	14.6° S	129.6° E	31 km
R	14.0° S	127.7° E	24 km

Views

File:Dobrovolskiy Shirakatsi craters hrp148b.jpg|Oblique view of the collapsed wall between the craters (Apollo 17 panoramic camera) File:Dobrovol'skiy_Shirakatsi_AS15-M-1443.jpg|Oblique Apollo 15 Mapping camera image File:Dobrovolskiy Shirakatsi craters AS17-M-1722.jpg|Apollo 17 Mapping camera image

References

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References

[https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto83c3_1/ LTO-83C3 Dobrovolskij], Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series, Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency, Scale: 1:250,000
[https://history.nasa.gov/SP-362/ch5.4.htm Figure 148] in Chapter 5 of APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A View From Orbit (NASA SP-362, 1978)
[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1559 Dobrovolʹskiy], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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