Sternfeld (crater)

Sternfeld is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon.

It lies to the south-southwest of the crater Paschen, and to the east-southeast of the smaller Lodygin.

This is a heavily eroded crater formation with an outer rim that has been considerably worn by subsequent impacts.

Intruding slightly into the northwestern outer rim is the satellite crater Lodygin F. The northern part of the rim and interior floor are marked by a number of smaller impacts.

It is named after Ary A. Sternfeld, Soviet spaceflight scientist.