Grachev

Lat: 3.7°S, Long: 108.2°W, Diam: 35 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Eratosthenian

left: Clementine right: LROC . Grachev lies on top of northeast Orientale basin ejecta blanket.

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Andrej D.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1900-1964).

In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), a region or crater northwest of Grachev, at 0° North/ 110° West (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Schmitt" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).