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Measured / Computed

La Caille

Crater (67.2 km) — Nicholas-Louis De; French astronomer (1713-1762).

Coordinates
-23.6763, 1.0836 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
67.2229
Etymology
Nicholas-Louis De; French astronomer (1713-1762).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3185
Clean name
La Caille
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-95

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