Vitya (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Vitya

Map of the minor features that the rover Lunokhod-1 passed

Diameter| 0.13 km
Depth| Unknown

Vitya 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 Vitya does not refer to a specific person; it is a Russian male name, a diminutive form of Victor.[1]

* Vitya is one of twelve named craters near the landing site, located in the northwest of Mare Imbrium

* LRO image

## References

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

## External links

* Vitya at The Moon Wiki
* "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 2017-10-16.
* Wood, Chuck (June 16, 2012). "Overdue Names". Lunar Photo of the Day. http://lpod.wikispaces.com/June+16,+2012. Retrieved October 24, 2017.

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