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Measured / Computed

Langley

Crater (59.2 km) — Samuel Pierpont; American astronomer, physicist (1834-1906).

Coordinates
51.1662, -86.0499 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
59.169727
Etymology
Samuel Pierpont; American astronomer, physicist (1834-1906).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1964
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3271
Clean name
Langley
Ethnicity
American
Continent
North America
Quad
LAC-21

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