Kolya_(crater)

Kolya (crater)

Kolya (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Kolya 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 0.14 km.[1] The name Kolya does not refer to a specific person; it is a male name of Russian origin, a diminutive form of Nikolai.[1]

  • Kolya is one of twelve named craters near the landing site, located in the northwest of Mare Imbrium
  • LRO image
Quick Facts Coordinates, Diameter ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Kolya (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kolya (crater).
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kolya_(crater), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.