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Leonov (crater)

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Diameter
  
33 km

Colongitude
  
212° at sunrise

Depth
  
Unknown

Eponym
  
Aleksei A. Leonov

Leonov (crater)

Leonov is a small lunar crater that lies to the south of Mare Moscoviense, one of the few maria on the far side of the Moon. This crater has a heart-shaped outline, due to an outward bulge along the northwest side. The rim of Leonov is worn, and several tiny craterlets lie along the edge. The inner walls and interior floor are relatively featureless.

The crater is named after Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, the first human to perform an extravehicular activity (EVA or "spacewalk"), in 1965.

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Leonov (crater) Wikipedia