Shirakatsi is an

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that is located on the

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. It is attached to the southern exterior rim of the larger crater Perepelkin, and overlies the northwestern rim of Dobrovol'skiy. This is a relatively fresh crater that has not been significantly eroded by subsequent impacts. The rim edge is well-defined, and there are some

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structures along parts of the inner wall. The interior floor is uneven, particularly in the north, where it is covered by a complex of ridges. The only level section of floor is along the southern inner wall. The outer rampart of Shirakatsi has formed a mound of debris in the northwestern half of Dobrovol'skiy's interior.

Views

File:Dobrovolskiy Shirakatsi craters hrp148b.jpg, Oblique view of the collapsed wall between the craters (

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panoramic camera) File:Dobrovol'skiy_Shirakatsi_AS15-M-1443.jpg, Oblique

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Mapping camera image File:Dobrovolskiy Shirakatsi craters AS17-M-1722.jpg,

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Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number I-136-H3

in Chapter 5 of APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A View From Orbit (NASA SP-362, 1978) shows a
oblique closeup
of Shirakatsi and Dobrovol'skiy (although they are not named) Impact craters on the Moon