What is "rodin"

Rodin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexey Grigoryevich Rodin (1902–1955), Soviet general
• Aleksei Yevgenyevich Rodin (born 1984), Russian football player
• Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), French sculptor, for whom is named:
  • Rodin (crater), a crater on Mercury
  • 6258 Rodin, an asteroid
• Burton Rodin (born 1933), American mathematician
• Dmitry Rodin (1912–1992), Red Army officer
• Georgy Rodin (1897–1976), Red Army general
• Gil Rodin (1906–1974), American jazz saxophonist
• Ivan Rodin (born 1987), Russian football player
• Janko Rodin (1900–1974), Croatian football player
• Judith Rodin (born 1944), American university administrator
• Nikolay Ivanovich Rodin (1924–2013), Soviet pilot
• Oleh Rodin (born 1956), Russian football player
• Viktor Rodin (1928–2011), Soviet general

Rodin is an impact crater on the planet Mercury, 229 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 21.1°N, 18.2°W, north of the craters Abu Nuwas and Moliere, and east of the crater Ts'ai Wen-chi. Inside Rodin are two craterlets, one to the east of the center and one to the north. The rim is even and circular, except where it is broken in two places toward the north and south. It is named for the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.