KUON GEO

Mezentsev

Crater, craters · 84.5 km across · 71.77°, -129.64° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約84.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Yurij Borisovich; Soviet rocket scientist (1929-1965).
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 · 3

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。
Mezentsev M84.6 km
Mezentsev Q30.7 km
Mezentsev S23.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Niepce クレーター90 km
Merrill クレーター141 km
Heymans クレーター161 km
Hippocrates クレーター172 km
Nöther (Noether) クレーター233 km
Poinsot クレーター249 km
Stebbins クレーター267 km
Froelich クレーター280 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