KUON GEO

Orlov

Crater, craters · 72.9 km across · -25.77°, -175.08° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約72.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Aleksandr Iakovlevich; Soviet astronomer (1880-1954); Sergei Vladimirovich; Soviet astronomer (1880-1958).
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 · 2

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。
Orlov D19.2 km
Orlov Y120 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Leeuwenhoek クレーター147 km
Rumford クレーター170 km
De Vries クレーター191 km
Bok クレーター194 km
Sniadecki クレーター202 km
Nassau クレーター209 km
Lacus Oblivionis 湖245 km
Bergstrand クレーター320 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