Vil'ev J (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Vil'ev

Named after Mikhail Vil'ev - Russian astronomer (1893-1919).

Vil'ev is an eroded lunar crater on the far side. It lies to the west of the much larger crater Chaplygin, and to the north of Marconi. Just to the northeast is the small crater pair of van den Bos and Tamm. Slightly farther to the west is the larger crater pair of Pannekoek and Dellinger. (wikipedia entry)