Resnik is a small
lunarimpact crater that is located within the interior of the huge walled plain
Apollo, on the
Moon's
far side. Apollo is a double-ringed formation with a central floor that has been flooded with
basalticlava. Resnik is located at the northern edge of the dark area of the surface. It lies to the southwest of the smaller crater
McAuliffe.
This is a roughly circular, bowl-shaped crater. Overlying the northwestern rim is a smaller, cup-shaped impact crater with a higher
albedo than Resnik. A small, partly submerged crater is attached to the exterior along the southern rim, and a portion of a submerged crater rim lies just to the east of this feature along the same rim.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.