Zhiritskiy is a
lunar
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impact crater that is located on the
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of the
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. It lies to the south of the large walled plain
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, and northwest of the crater
Schaeberle.
This crater lies across the western rim of the much larger satellite crater Zhiritskiy F, a circular, eroded formation. Zhiritskiy is slightly elongated, having a minor protrusion in its outer rim toward the east. A pair of tiny craterlets lies along the southern rim, and a small but notable crater lies near the midpoint. There is also a smaller crater along the base of the northern inner wall. The interior floor is somewhat irregular in form, especially in the eastern half where the crater overlies the rim of Zhiritskiy F.
The crater was named after Soviet rocketry scientist
Georgiy S. Zhiritskiy by the
IAU
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in 1970.
Zhiritskiy
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
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 Zhiritskiy.
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External links
LTO-101C1 Neujmin
— L&PI partial topographic map
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Impact craters on the Moon