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Measured / Computed

Bjerknes

Crater (48.2 km) — Vilhelm Friman Koren; Norwegian physicist (1862-1951).

Coordinates
-38.4952, 113.6885 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
48.178513
Etymology
Vilhelm Friman Koren; Norwegian physicist (1862-1951).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/759
Clean name
Bjerknes
Ethnicity
Norway
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-117

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