Slava (Crater)

Slava

Map of the minor features that the rover Lunokhod-1 passed
Diameter	0.1 km
Depth	Unknown

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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  Slava is one of twelve named craters near the landing site, located in the northwest of Mare Imbrium
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  LRO image

• Slava at The Moon Wiki^{[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]}
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• "Lunokhod-1 traverse map (Landing site Luna 17)". Moscow State University of Geodesy and cartography (MIIGAiK), German Aerospace Center (DLR). 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20130222115215/http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/Lunokhod-1_traverse_map_Luna_17.pdf. Retrieved 2017-09-27. 
• Wood, Chuck (June 16, 2012). "Overdue Names". Lunar Photo of the Day. http://lpod.wikispaces.com/June+16,+2012. Retrieved September 27, 2017. 

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