What is "kurchatov"

Kurchatov may refer to one of the following.

• Igor Kurchatov, the leader of the Soviet atomic bomb project.
• Cities named after Igor Kurchatov:
  • Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
  • Kurchatov, Russia
• Astronomical objects named after Igor Kurchatov:
  • Lunar crater Kurchatov (crater)
  • Asteroid 2352 Kurchatov
• Scientific institutions named after Igor Kurchatov:
  • Kurchatov Institute

Kurchatov is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. 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 of Kurchatov 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. A small crater lies along the northern inner wall and a bowl-shaped crater at the northwest edge of the interior floor. There is a small, elongated central ridge near the midpoint, and the interior floor is pitted with tiny craterlets.

Beginning to the south of Kurchatov and running toward the west-northwest is a crater chain designated Catena Kurchatov. The chain ends to the southeast of Becquerel.