Vilʹev (crater)

Vilʹev is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the southwest of the larger crater Perrine, and northeast of Innes.

This is a relatively well-defined crater with a sharp-edged, circular rim that has suffered only minor erosion. The inner walls slope down evenly to the somewhat uneven interior floor. There is a small central peak at the midpoint of the crater floor. A few tiny craterlets lie along the inner walls, but otherwise the crater is relatively featureless.

Vilʹev lies within the South Pole-Aitken basin.

Characteristics

• Diameter: 45 kilometers
• Location: 30.9° S, 133.0° E
• Depth: Unknown
• Eponym: Mikhail Anatolʹevich Vilʹev (1893-1919), Russian astronomer.