What is "florensky"

Florensky is a lunar crater that is attached to the northeastern rim of the larger crater Vernadskiy. It is located on the far side of the Moon and cannot be directly seen from the Earth. The rim of this crater has been heavily eroded and it forms an irregular ring about the uneven interior. This crater was previously identified as Vernadskiy B before being assigned a name by the IAU.

Florensky can refer to:

People

• Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky (1882–1937), Russian Orthodox theologian, philosopher, mathematician and electrical engineer.
• Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (1915–1982), Russian geologist, son of Pavel Florensky.

Places

• Florensky crater, on the Moon, which is named after Kirill Pavlovich Florensky.