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Measured / Computed

Cardanus

Crater (49.6 km) — Cardano, Girolamo; Italian mathematician (1501-1576).

Coordinates
13.2716, -72.4983 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
49.573872
Etymology
Cardano, Girolamo; Italian mathematician (1501-1576).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1016
Clean name
Cardanus
Ethnicity
Italy
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-55

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