* Astronomy

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved new names for twelve lunar craters.

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Credit Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography

 Features identified on the Sea of Rains Lunokhod-1 (Luna 17) lunar rovers traverse map have been named as:

Crater Albert
Crater Borya
Crater Gena
Crater Igor
Crater Kolya
Crater Kostya
Crater Leonid
Crater Nikolya
Crater Slava
Crater Valera
Crater Vasya
Crater Vitya