Tsiolkovskiy

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Tsiolkovskiy is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon named in honor of Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tsiolkovskiy canonical 1
Tsiolkovskiy A 1
Tsiolkovsky 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
catalogIn International Astronomical Union lunar nomenclature
diameter approximately 185 km
discoveredBy Luna 3 images
eponymCitizenship Russian
eponymOccupation rocket scientist
floorComposition basaltic lava
geologicAge Imbrian or younger
hasAlbedo low-albedo floor
hasColongitude around 230
hasFeature central peak complex
dark mare-like floor
terraced inner walls
hasMassif central massif
hasRaySystem weak or absent
hasRille floor rilles
hasSatelliteCrater Tsiolkovskiy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tsiolkovskiy A

Tsiolkovskiy B
Tsiolkovskiy C
Tsiolkovskiy D
Tsiolkovskiy E
Tsiolkovskiy F
Tsiolkovskiy G
Tsiolkovskiy H
Tsiolkovskiy K
Tsiolkovskiy L
Tsiolkovskiy M
Tsiolkovskiy N
Tsiolkovskiy F
surface form: Tsiolkovskiy P

Tsiolkovskiy Q
Tsiolkovskiy R
Tsiolkovskiy F
surface form: Tsiolkovskiy S

Tsiolkovskiy T
hasScientificInterest far-side mare volcanism
impact-crater modification processes
imagedBy Apollo program
surface form: Apollo missions

Luna 3
Lunar Orbiter program
surface form: Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
isNotVisibleFrom Earth’s near side
isYoungerThan surrounding highlands
locatedOn Moon
locatedOnSide far side of the Moon
namedAfter Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
nearbyCrater Fermi
Yuri Gagarin
surface form: Gagarin

Joliot
quadrant lunar far-side southern hemisphere
surfaceType impact structure
surroundedBy heavily cratered highlands

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vostochny Cosmodrome nearbyCity Tsiolkovskiy
this entity surface form: Tsiolkovsky
Tsiolkovskiy hasSatelliteCrater Tsiolkovskiy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tsiolkovskiy A