The Crater Grave

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

17.04° S · 150.23° E

Diameter

36.95 km

IAU approval

1976/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-103 · O'Day

Geological Chronicle

Grave is a lunar impact crater that lies in the northern interior floor of a huge walled plain called Gagarin, on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 36.95 kilometers.

It is located about 10 kilometers to the east-northeast of the larger crater Isaev, which covers the northwestern part of Gagarin's interior. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-103.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Dmitry Aleksandrovich; Soviet mathematician (1863-1939); Ivan Platonovich; Soviet engineer (1874-1960).
• Wikipedia (en) — Grave (crater)

Name Origin

Dmitry Aleksandrovich; Soviet mathematician (1863-1939); Ivan Platonovich; Soviet engineer (1874-1960).