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Gagarin - with Andronov, Balandin, Grave, Isaev, Kosberg, and Raspletin on its floor
| Lat: 20.2°S, Long: 149.2°E, Diam: 265 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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Upper image: Lunar Orbiter I .
Lower Image: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Dark-floored 90 km-wide [/Isaev Isaev] lies on the northwestern part of Gagarin's floor.
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LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images ASU Apollo Image Archive
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 102B3) LTO map
Description
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Additional Information
Nomenclature
Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968).
- Gagarin was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971].
- In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Texas" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).
- IAU-named craters on the floor of Gagarin: [/Andronov Andronov] (at the southwestern part of Gagarin's rim), [/Balandin Balandin], [/Grave Grave], [/Kosberg Kosberg], [/Isaev Isaev], and [/Raspletin Raspletin].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Gagarin and a small bright ray-craterlet on Gagarin's west flank:
APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 5: Craters (Part 1), Figures 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101.
- Unusual craters in Gagarin:
AOTM, Chapter 7: Unusual Features (Part 2), Figures 239 and 240.
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