Lunar Impact Crater
Orlov is a lunar impact crater spanning 72.93 kilometers across the Moon.
Orlov is a lunar impact crater located on the Moon's far side, to the northeast of the larger crater Leeuwenhoek. The formation spans an official diameter of 72.93 kilometers.
To the north-northwest of Orlov is De Vries, and to the east-southeast is Rumford. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-104.
The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.
Aleksandr Iakovlevich; Soviet astronomer (1880-1954); Sergei Vladimirovich; Soviet astronomer (1880-1958).
Interactive Lunar Surface
Inspect lunar elevation data and the official selenographic position.