Slava

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Slava (Luna 17 site craterlet name)

Lat: 38.3°N, Long: 35°W, Diam: 0.1 km, Depth: km, Rükl 10

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Left: LROC
Right: Combined LROC NAC images - M175502049LE and M175502049RE (annotated and normal views – note: original NAC images are mirror-reversed in links)

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(LAC zone 24D1) LAC map Geologic map Lunakhod-1 traverse map

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Nomenclature

  • Slavic male name, diminutive from Vyacheslav (for example: cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov).
  • One of a group of 12 minor features explored by the robotic rover, Lunokhod-1, of the Soviet Luna 17 mission in 1970-1971, and given names by the IAU on June 14, 2012.


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