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Measured / Computed

Lambert

Crater (30.1 km) — Johann Heinrich; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1728-1777); also for Gérard; French physicist (1930-2008).

Coordinates
25.7717, -20.9864 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
30.120913
Etymology
Johann Heinrich; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1728-1777); also for Gérard; French physicist (1930-2008).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3253
Clean name
Lambert
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-40

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