Yuri Gagarin & Gagarin Crater - London, UK
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N 51° 30.399 W 000° 07.752
30U E 699222 N 5710076
This statue of Russia's space hero is located outside the headquarters of the British Council near the Admiralty Arch in London.
Waymark Code: WMDXB6
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/05/2012
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This statue of Gagarin was unveiled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first man in space. Although Gagarin actually made his first orbit of Earth on April 12,1961, the sculpture was unveiled July 14, 2011. A small plaque at the site reads:
"Anatoly Novikov
Yuri Gagarin
1934-68
Aluminum and zinc, 1984
This statue is a gift from
the Russian Federal Space Agency
to mark the 50th Anniversary
of Manned Space Flight"
Read the Wikipedia artilce about the statue at (
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As for the Crater, Wikipedia (
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"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. Isaev is the largest of six craters falling within the perimeter of Gagarin that have been named after pioneers of Russian aviation and astronautics.
Gagarin has been heavily eroded by a long history of crater impacts. The worn rim forms a low, circular ridge around the somewhat bowl-shaped interior. The inner floor is covered by a multitude of crater impacts of various dimensions. Little if anything remains of a central ridge, if the crater ever possessed such a feature."
and the margin information reads:
"Coordinates 20°12'S 149°12'E? / ?20.2°S 149.2°E? / -20.2; 149.2Coordinates: 20°12'S 149°12'E? / ?20.2°S 149.2°E? / -20.2; 149.2
Diameter 265 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 215° at sunrise
Eponym Yuri Gagarin"