Petrov

Crater, craters · 55.4 km across · -61.36°, 88.18° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約55.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Evgenij Stepanovich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1900-1942).

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。

Petrov A17 km

Petrov B30.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Moulton クレーター138 km

Chamberlin クレーター141 km

Jeans クレーター183 km

Gill クレーター185 km

Wexler クレーター230 km

Sikorsky クレーター249 km

Vallis Schrödinger 谷271 km

Hanno クレーター301 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