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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vitya
Clean Name Vitya
Feature ID 15014
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


LOLA 2011
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 38.27 °
Southmost Latitude 38.27 °
Eastmost Longitude -35.03 °
Westmost Longitude -35.03 °
Diameter 0.13 km
Center Latitude 38.27 °
Center Longitude -35.03 °
Quad LAC-24 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 14, 2012
Continent Europe
Culture Russia
Origin Latin male name Victor in Russian diminutive form (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature).
Reference [276] - Dictionary of Russian given names, by N.A. Petrovsky: Russkiye Slovari, Moscow, 2000.
Updated Mar 14, 2018 12:04 PM

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