Gagarin (walled plain)

E747445

Gagarin (walled plain) is a large lunar impact feature on the Moon’s far side, named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gagarin (lunar crater) 6

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
lunar surface feature
walled plain
belongsTo Moon’s far-side cratering system
celestialBody Moon NERFINISHED
featureType impact feature
hasCoordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
hasCraterType impact crater
hasDiscoveryMethod lunar imaging
hasEnvironment airless
vacuum
hasEponym Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED
hasLocationRelativeToEarth far side
hasName Gagarin NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryIlluminationSource Sun NERFINISHED
hasQualifier walled plain
hasScientificInterest impact cratering studies
lunar geology
hasSurface lunar regolith
isA large lunar impact feature
isInReferenceFrame selenocentric
isNamedBy International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED
isPartOf lunar highlands region
isVisibleFromEarth no
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
far side of the Moon
namedAfter Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED
orbitsWith Moon around Earth
partOf lunar far-side terrain

Referenced by (7)

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

Gagarin M hasEponymCrater Gagarin (walled plain)
this entity surface form: Gagarin (lunar crater)
Gagarin N hasParentCrater Gagarin (walled plain)
this entity surface form: Gagarin (lunar crater)
Gagarin M locatedNear Gagarin (walled plain)
this entity surface form: Gagarin (lunar crater)
Sikorsky crater locatedNear Gagarin (walled plain)
subject surface form: Sikorsky (crater)
Gagarin N namedAfter Gagarin (walled plain)
this entity surface form: Gagarin (lunar crater)
Gagarin M satelliteOf Gagarin (walled plain)
this entity surface form: Gagarin (lunar crater)
Gagarin N satelliteOfCrater Gagarin (walled plain)
this entity surface form: Gagarin (lunar crater)