Razumov (crater)
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Razumov is an impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 on the far side of the Moon
Moon
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, beyond the northwestern limb as seen from the Earth
Earth
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. It lies along the southeastern outer rim of the walled plain Landau
Landau (crater)
Landau is a large lunar crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It was named after physicist Lev Landau. The crater Wegener is attached to the northeastern rim. Attached to the southeastern rim is Frost....

. Intruding slightly into the southern rim is the slightly smaller crater Petropavlovskiy
Petropavlovskiy (crater)
Petropavlovsky is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It is attached to the southern rim of the slightly larger crater Razumov, intruding slightly into the interior. Just to the west is the crater Frost, along the southern rim of the walled plain Landau....

. To the west-southwest lies Frost
Frost (crater)
Frost is a lunar crater that is attached to the southern rim of the walled plain Landau, and lies on the far side of the Moon. Just to the east is Petropavlovskiy, and to the northeast along the edge of Landau is Razumov...

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This crater has a worn outer rim, with a small crater along the northwestern rim and outward bulges to the north-northeast and east-southeast. The interior floor has a small crater in the western half and small craterlets along the western and southern edges. It is otherwise marked only by a few tiny craterlets.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Razumov.
Razumov Latitude Longitude Diameter
C 40.8° N 112.4° W 48 km
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