Šafařík (crater)
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Šafařík is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies due north of the crater Tiselius and to the east-southeast of Sharonov. This is a worn and eroded crater with smaller impacts along the rim to the east and northwest. The remainder of the worn rim and the interior are relatively featureless.
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Coordinates | 10.6°N 176.9°E / 10.6; 176.9 |
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Diameter | 27 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 176° at sunrise |
Eponym | Vojtěch Šafařík |
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The crater was named by the IAU in 1970.[1]
The crater lies within the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.