The Moon, named after Slavic

2 named features. The International Astronomical Union records why each name was chosen, and those reasons are printed below exactly as they were approved.

FEATURES · 2

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Rima Vladimir	rille	10.5 km	Slavic male name.
Slava	crater	0.1 km	Slavic male name, diminutive from Vyacheslav (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature).

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA