IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Mechnikov
Mechnikov is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 10.47° S · 148.99° W
- Diameter
- 58.826633 km
- IAU approval
- 1970/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-88 · Vavilov
Name origin
Ilya Ilich; Russian-French bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1845-1916).