Gagarin

Crater, craters · 261.8 km across · -19.66°, 149.35° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約261.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968).

Source of the name: Soviet (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Soviet

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 4

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Gagarin G13.7 km

Gagarin M17.6 km

Gagarin T26.4 km

Gagarin Z26.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Kosberg クレーター18 km

Isaev クレーター83 km

Grave クレーター83 km

Balandin クレーター95 km

Raspletin クレーター108 km

Andronov クレーター130 km

Wróblewski クレーター164 km

Armiński クレーター172 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA