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Apianus

Crater (63.4 km) — Bienewitz, Peter; German mathematician, astronomer (1495-1552).

Coordinates
-26.9625, 7.8682 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
63.439774
Etymology
Bienewitz, Peter; German mathematician, astronomer (1495-1552).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/320
Clean name
Apianus
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-95

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