Vavilov

Crater, craters · 98.2 km across · -0.87°, -138.77° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約98.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Nikolai Ivanovich; Soviet botanist (1887-1943); Sergei Ivanovich; Soviet physicist (optics) (1891-1951).

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。

Vavilov D96.2 km

Vavilov K25.6 km

Vavilov P22.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Chaucer クレーター142 km

Sechenov クレーター226 km

Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu) クレーター276 km

Kibal'chich クレーター277 km

Timiryazev クレーター284 km

Kuo Shou Ching クレーター299 km

Evans クレーター305 km

Hertzsprung クレーター314 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