Kurchatov

Crater, craters · 111 km across · 38.3°, 141.74° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約111km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Igor' Vasil'evich; Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960).

Source of the name: Soviet (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1961 · 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。

Kurchatov T26.9 km

Kurchatov W31.9 km

Kurchatov X16 km

Kurchatov Z36.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Catena Kurchatov クレーター列127 km

Wiener クレーター136 km

Bridgman クレーター189 km

Pawsey クレーター197 km

Feoktistov クレーター232 km

Nijland クレーター242 km

Nikolaev クレーター252 km

Von Neumann クレーター277 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