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Measured / Computed

Clairaut

Crater (76.9 km) — Alexis Claude; French mathematician (1713-1765).

Coordinates
-47.8361, 13.8618 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
76.894791
Etymology
Alexis Claude; French mathematician (1713-1765).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1226
Clean name
Clairaut
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-113

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