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Measured / Computed

Abbe

Crater (64.0 km) — Ernst Karl; German optician, physicist, astronomer (1840-1905).

Coordinates
-57.5755, 174.775 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
63.975975
Etymology
Ernst Karl; German optician, physicist, astronomer (1840-1905).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/9
Clean name
Abbe
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-132

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