What is "maksutov"

Maksutov is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the south-southwest of the larger walled plain Oppenheimer. To the southwest lies the crater Nishina, and to the west-northwest is the merged crater pairing of Davisson and Leibnitz.

This crater has a reasonably well-defined outer rim that has not been significantly degraded through impact erosion. The more notable feature of this crater, however, is the flooded interior floor. This nearly level interior surface has the lower albedo that is characteristic of a basaltic- lava-covered floor. The inner wall of the rim varies in width, with the narrowest portion lying in the southeast, while wider sections lie along the remaining edges, particularly to the northeast and northwest.

Maksutov may refer to

• Maksutov (surname)
• Maksutov (crater), crater on the far side of the Moon named after Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov
• 2568 Maksutov, a main-belt asteroid named after Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov
• Maksutov telescope, catadioptric telescope with a meniscus corrector invented in 1941 by Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov

Maksutov is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Maksutova. It may refer to

• Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964), Russian optician and astronomer
• Dmitri Petrovich Maksutov (1832–1889), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral and last Governor of Russian America
• Pavel Maksutov (1825–1882), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral, prince, hero of Crimean War and 15th governor of Taganrog

Category:Russian-language surnames