Feature Profile & Selenographic Data
- Feature type
- crater
- Coordinates
- 46.64° S · 129.59° E
- Diameter
- 59.35 km
- IAU approval
- 1997/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-117 · Milne
Geological Chronicle
Kozyrev is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 59.35 kilometers.
It lies to the south-southeast of the crater Carver, and to the southwest of the Roche–Pauli crater pair. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-117.
Chronology & Exploration
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IAU
Name Adopted
The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.
Scientific Sources & References
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IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
— Nikolai Alexandrovich; Soviet astronomer (1908-1983).
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Wikipedia (en)
— Kozyrev (crater)
Name Origin
Nikolai Alexandrovich; Soviet astronomer (1908-1983).