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Chernyshev

Crater (59.3 km) — Nikolaj Gavrilovich; Soviet rocketry engineer (1906-1963).

Coordinates
47.0115, 174.4078 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
59.310661
Etymology
Nikolaj Gavrilovich; Soviet rocketry engineer (1906-1963).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1173
Clean name
Chernyshev
Ethnicity
Soviet
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-32

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