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Kolya (crater)

Coordinates: 38°18′46″N 34°59′51″W / 38.3128°N 34.9975°W / 38.3128; -34.9975
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Kolya
Map of the minor features that the rover Lunokhod-1 passed
Coordinates38°18′46″N 34°59′51″W / 38.3128°N 34.9975°W / 38.3128; -34.9975
Diameter0.14 km
EponymRussian male name

Kolya is a tiny crater on the Moon. It is near the site where Soviet lunar rover Lunokhod 1 landed in November 1970, in the Mare Imbrium region. Its diameter is 0.14 km.[1] The name Kolya does not refer to a specific person; it is a male name of Russian origin, a diminutive form of Nikolai.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Kolya (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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