Feature Profile & Selenographic Data
- Feature type
- crater
- Coordinates
- 10.47° S · 148.99° W
- Diameter
- 58.83 km
- IAU approval
- 1970/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-88 · Vavilov
Geological Chronicle
Mechnikov is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 58.83 kilometers.
It is located just to the northeast of the much larger walled plain Galois, being separated by a stretch of irregular terrain about 20–30 km in width. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-88.
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
— Ilya Ilich; Russian-French bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1845-1916).
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Wikipedia (en)
— Mechnikov (crater)
Name Origin
Ilya Ilich; Russian-French bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1845-1916).