Mechnikov

Lat: 11.0°S, Long: 149.0°W, Diam: 60 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Nectarian

left: Clementine, right: LRO-WAC, Mechnikov C at upper right

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
- According to David Woods and Frank O'Brien of the Apollo 8 Flight Journal, the series of orbital photographs in the list below show the farside region at and near crater Mechnikov U.
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- A mosaic of Apollo 8 photographs AS8-18-2828 to 2833, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien, shows the region of Mechnikov.

Mechnikov is known as "Mechinov" in the LROC RDR Product pages. See: NAC Anaglyph: Mechinov Z scarp.

Ilya Ilich; Russian-French bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1845-1916).