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■ Measured / ComputedNikolya
Crater (0.1 km) — Russian diminutive form of the Greek-derived male name Nicholas (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature).
- Coordinates
- 38.2024, -34.984 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 0.12
- Etymology
- Russian diminutive form of the Greek-derived male name Nicholas (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 2012
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15010
- Clean name
- Nikolya
- Ethnicity
- Russia
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-24
Primary source