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Measured / Computed

Dechen

Crater (12.0 km) — Ernst Heinrich Karl von; German geologist, mineralogist (1800-1889).

Coordinates
46.1204, -68.1813 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
12.042214
Etymology
Ernst Heinrich Karl von; German geologist, mineralogist (1800-1889).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1456
Clean name
Dechen
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-22

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