Firsov (crater)


Firsov is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to due south of the crater Lobachevskiy, and to the northwest of Abul Wáfa. The circular rim of this crater has a small outward bulge along the southern edge, and smaller bulges along the western side. The inner walls have slumped to form talus piles along the base. The low-albedo interior floor is nearly level and featureless.
Just east of Firsov, within an unnamed, flat-floored crater is an unusual swirl pattern of high albedo, similar to the floor of Mare Marginis and to the Reiner Gamma feature.

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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 Firsov.
FirsovLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
K3.1° N113.0° E58 km
P2.9° N111.1° E15 km
Q2.3° N110.0° E25 km
S3.6° N109.8° E96 km
T4.1° N108.6° E26 km
V5.1° N110.7° E44 km