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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Krylov
Clean Name Krylov
Feature ID 3128
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 36.09 °
Southmost Latitude 34.44 °
Eastmost Longitude -165.11 °
Westmost Longitude -167.12 °
Diameter 49.83 km
Center Latitude 35.26 °
Center Longitude -166.11 °
Northmost Latitude 35.60 °
Southmost Latitude 35.60 °
Eastmost Longitude -165.80 °
Westmost Longitude -165.80 °
Diameter 49.00 km
Center Latitude 35.60 °
Center Longitude -165.80 °
Northmost Latitude 36.06 °
Southmost Latitude 34.30 °
Eastmost Longitude -165.05 °
Westmost Longitude -167.19 °
Diameter 53.20 km
Center Latitude 35.18 °
Center Longitude -166.12 °
Quad LAC-33 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Aleksei Nikolaevich; Soviet mathematician, mechanical engineer (1863-1945).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Krylov A
Krylov B

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