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■ Measured / ComputedChallis
Crater (53.2 km) — James; British astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1803-1882).
- Coordinates
- 79.5799, 9.0856 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 53.210167
- Etymology
- James; British astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1803-1882).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1126
- Clean name
- Challis
- Ethnicity
- Great Britain
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-3
Primary source