Geological Chronicle
Located on the far side of the Moon just to the north of the crater Perepelkin, Love is an eroded crater formation measuring 90.08 kilometers in diameter. Situated within the Langemak quadrangle, its northeastern rim is nearly touched by Prager, while Bečvář lies to the northwest.
The crater's structure has been degraded by subsequent collisions, leaving several smaller craters along the rim. A chain of three small craters crosses the western rim and inner wall, while another crater cuts across the eastern rim. Impacts and possibly ejecta from other craters have worn and softened the inner walls. Across the interior floor, a considerable number of small craters form a nearly continuous carpet in the north, while the southern floor remains less impacted.
Before receiving its formal name, the crater was designated Crater 284. In 1970, the International Astronomical Union officially named the feature after the British mathematician and geophysicist Augustus Edward Hough Love.