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Slava (crater)

Coordinates: 38°18′00″N 35°00′15″W / 38.3°N 35.0042°W / 38.3; -35.0042
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Slava
Map of the minor features that the rover Lunokhod-1 passed
Coordinates38°18′00″N 35°00′15″W / 38.3°N 35.0042°W / 38.3; -35.0042
Diameter0.1 km
DepthUnknown
EponymRussian male name

Slava is a tiny crater on the Moon. It is near the site where Soviet lunar rover Lunokhod 1 landed in November 1970, in the Mare Imbrium region. Its diameter is 0.1 km.[1] The name Slava does not refer to a specific person; it is a Slavic male name, a diminutive form of Yaroslav and other names.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Slava (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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