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Heron (Hero)

Crater (28.1 km) — Egyptian inventor (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).

Coordinates
0.6525, 119.8771 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
28.101215
Etymology
Egyptian inventor (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1976
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2476
Clean name
Heron Hero
Ethnicity
Egypt
Continent
Africa
Quad
LAC-65

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