Kurchatov W (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Kurchatov

Named after Igor' Vasil'evich Kurchatov - Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960).

Kurchatov is a lunar impact crater that is located. It is just to the southwest of the crater Wiener, and farther to the southeast of Bridgman. A couple of crater diameters to the south is the northern edge of the Mare Moscoviense. This is a worn and eroded crater formation, with a pair of small craters lying across the northern rim, and a generally worn and pitted rim and inner wall. (wikipedia entry)