Fersman (crater)
Lunar impact crater
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fersman is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side.[1] It lies to the east of the crater Poynting, and west-northwest of Weyl. To the south is a huge walled plain called Hertzsprung.
LRO WAC mosaic | |
| Coordinates | 18.7°N 126.0°W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 151 km (94 mi) |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 128° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Aleksandr Fersman |
This is a worn crater with a low, outer rim. The southeast rim and the eastern interior floor are marked by ejecta deposits that trend from southeast to northwest. There is also a nearly linear series of small craters that begin to the southeast of the crater, and continue about 100 km to the northwest of the crater. There is a break in this chain across the crater's interior floor, then it continues again near the northern rim.
Several other small craters lie across the interior floor, including a grouping to the south of the midpoint. The rim has an outward bulge along the southeast side and irregular edges to the north and south. A small crater lies along the western inner wall.
During the crewed mission of Artemis II in April 2026, Fersman and its surroundings was seen for the first time by human eyes.
