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Foucault

Crater (25.1 km) — Leon; French physicist (1819-1868).

Coordinates
50.4589, -39.8618 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
25.079924
Etymology
Leon; French physicist (1819-1868).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2001
Clean name
Foucault
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-11

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