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Igor (crater)

Coordinates: 38°15′01″N 34°01′53″W / 38.2504°N 34.0315°W / 38.2504; -34.0315
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Igor
Map of the minor features that the rover Lunokhod-1 passed, Igor is in the middle of the photo
Coordinates38°15′01″N 34°01′53″W / 38.2504°N 34.0315°W / 38.2504; -34.0315
Diameter0.1 km
EponymRussian male name of Norse origin

Igor 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 0.1 km.[1] The name Igor does not refer to a specific person; it is a Russian male name, derived from the Norse name Ingvar.[1]

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