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Desargues

Crater (84.8 km) — Gérard; French mathematician, engineer (1593-1662).

Coordinates
70.2482, -73.4236 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
84.847099
Etymology
Gérard; French mathematician, engineer (1593-1662).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1964
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1497
Clean name
Desargues
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-2

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