Gagarin crater on the Moon
E40644
lunar impact crater
walled plain
Gagarin crater on the Moon is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
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walled plain → |
| albedo |
low to moderate
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| category |
Impact craters on the Moon
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| colongitude |
~226
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| coordinateSystem |
selenographic coordinates
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| diameter |
~265 km
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| eponymCountry |
Soviet Union
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| eponymDistinction |
first human in space
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| eponymOccupation |
cosmonaut
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| floorCratering |
densely cratered
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| geologicAge |
pre-Nectarian or Nectarian era (heavily degraded)
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| hasFeature |
central ridges
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multiple satellite craters → overlapping smaller craters on rim → |
| hasOfficialName |
Gagarin
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| hasSatelliteCrater |
Gagarin G
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Gagarin M → Gagarin N → Gagarin T → Gagarin Z → |
| honors |
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
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| interiorAlbedo |
similar to surrounding terrain
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| interiorFloor |
marked by many small craters
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relatively level → |
| locatedOn |
Moon
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| locatedOnSide |
far side of the Moon
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| mappingMissions |
Apollo orbital missions
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Luna 3 → Lunar Orbiter missions → |
| namedAfter |
Yuri Gagarin
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| namedForEvent |
human spaceflight achievements
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| namingAuthority |
International Astronomical Union
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| neighboringCrater |
Chaplygin crater
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Kondratyuk crater → Levi-Civita crater → Pavlov crater → Sechenov crater → Sikorsky crater → |
| quadrant |
lunar far-side southern hemisphere
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| rimCondition |
eroded
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heavily worn → |
| rimHeight |
lowered and rounded by impacts
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| shape |
roughly circular
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| surfaceType |
heavily cratered highlands
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| visibilityFromEarth |
not visible from Earth’s near side
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Yuri Gagarin
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Yuri Gagarin ("Gagarin crater on Mars") → |
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