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Dionysius

Crater (17.2 km) — St. Dionysius the Areopagite; Greek astronomer (fl. 1st century A.D.).

Coordinates
2.7733, 17.293 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
17.247131
Etymology
St. Dionysius the Areopagite; Greek astronomer (fl. 1st century A.D.).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1542
Clean name
Dionysius
Ethnicity
Greek
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-60

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