Kostya (crater)

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Short description: Lunar crater
Kostya
Lunokhod-2 small craters map.jpg
Map of the minor features that the rover Lunokhod-1 passed
Diameter0.13 km[1]


Kostya 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 0.13 km.[1] The name Kostya does not refer to a specific person; it is a male name of Russian origin, a diminutive form of Konstantin.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kostya (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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