Paraskevopoulos is an old
lunar impact crater
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that is located on the
far side
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of the
Moon
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, in the higher northern latitudes. It lies just to the southwest of the younger and somewhat larger crater
Carnot
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. To the southwest is the smaller crater
Stoletov, and to the southeast lies
Fowler. It is named after the astronomer
John S. Paraskevopoulos
John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (June 20, 1889 – March 15, 1951) also known as John Paras, was a Greek/South African astronomer. He was born in Piraeus, Greece and graduated from the University of Athens, where he obtained his PhD in Physics ...
.
This is a well-eroded crater formation, with a rounded and uneven rim edge. The satellite crater Paraskevopoulos H lies across the eastern rim, and the smaller Paraskevopoulos E is located in the northeastern part of the interior floor. The rim edge is better defined along the northern and southern edges, and is nearly worn away along the west. The surviving interior floor is relatively level and featureless, with only a pair of small craterlets along the northwestern and southeastern edges.
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 Paraskevopoulos.
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Impact craters on the Moon