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Measured / Computed

Kapteyn

Crater (48.7 km) — Jacobus Cornelis; Dutch astronomer (1851-1922).

Coordinates
-10.7896, 70.5944 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
48.65416
Etymology
Jacobus Cornelis; Dutch astronomer (1851-1922).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1964
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2924
Clean name
Kapteyn
Ethnicity
The Netherlands (Dutch)
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-81

Primary source