Nagaoka U (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Nagaoka

Named after Hantaro Nagaoka - Japanese physicist (1865-1940).

Nagaoka is a lunar crater that lies to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, on the far side. To the east is the somewhat larger Konstantinov. This is a moderately eroded crater formation, with the satellite crater Nagaoka W overlapping the northwestern rim. The remainder of the rim remains well-defined, although it is overlain by several tiny craterlets. (wikipedia entry)