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■ Measured / ComputedDescartes
Crater (47.7 km) — René; French mathematician, philosopher (1596-1650).
- Coordinates
- -11.7428, 15.6667 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 47.72884
- Etymology
- René; French mathematician, philosopher (1596-1650).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1498
- Clean name
- Descartes
- Ethnicity
- France
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-78
Primary source