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Measured / Computed

Alphonsus

Crater (110.5 km) — Alfonso X (El Sabio); Spanish astronomer (1221-1284).

Coordinates
-13.3879, -2.84629999999999 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
110.54002
Etymology
Alfonso X (El Sabio); Spanish astronomer (1221-1284).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/206
Clean name
Alphonsus
Ethnicity
Spain
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-77

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