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Measured / Computed

Coriolis

Crater (78.6 km) — Gaspard-Gustave de; French physicist (1792-1843).

Coordinates
0.5643, 171.7954 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
78.55658
Etymology
Gaspard-Gustave de; French physicist (1792-1843).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1313
Clean name
Coriolis
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-68

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