Perepelkin is a
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impact crater
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that is located just to the south of the similar crater
Love
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. Attached to the exterior of its southern rim is the smaller
Shirakatsi. Less than one crater diameter to the east-northeast is
Lane
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, and to the west-southwest are the co-joined
Danjon and
D'Arsonval.
The rim of this crater is relatively heavily eroded, and is similar in appearance to Love to the north. Along the western inner wall is an odd, pear-shaped crater that is probably a merge of two impacts. There is a short chain of small craters along the southwestern inner wall. The floor is pitted by tiny impacts, but is relatively level compared to the surrounding terrain. There is a small central peak at the midpoint that has a ridge extension to the southeast.
The crater was named after Soviet astrophysicist
Yevgeny Perepyolkin
Yevgeny Yakovlevich Perepyolkin (russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Перепёлкин; 4 March 1906 – 13 January 1938)[IAU
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in 1970. The crater was known as ''Crater 285'' prior to naming.
Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1A)
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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 Perepelkin.
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Perepelkin at The Moon WikiDigital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number I-136-H2
Impact craters on the Moon