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Measured / Computed

Backlund

Crater (75.5 km) — Jöns Oskar; Russian astronomer (1846-1916).

Coordinates
-16.217, 103.3466 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
75.46241
Etymology
Jöns Oskar; Russian astronomer (1846-1916).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/542
Clean name
Backlund
Ethnicity
Russia
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-100

Primary source