Gagarin (crater)

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Gagarin

Lunar crater Gagarin seen by Lunar Orbiter 1 in 1966
Coordinates	19°40′S 149°21′E / 19.66°S 149.35°E / -19.66; 149.35
Diameter	265 km
Depth	4.8 km
Colongitude	215° at sunrise
Eponym	Yuri Gagarin

Gagarin is a large lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. To the southwest is the crater Pavlov and to the northeast lies Keeler. Closer to the rim are the craters Levi-Civita to the southwest, and Beijerinck to the north-northeast. Isaev lies entirely within the northwest rim of Gagarin. In contrast with the floor of Gagarin, Isaev has a floor with a somewhat low albedo.^{[citation needed]}