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Measured / Computed

Longomontanus

Crater (145.5 km) — Christian Sorensen; Danish astronomer, mathematician (1562-1647).

Coordinates
-49.5516, -21.8793 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
145.49734
Etymology
Christian Sorensen; Danish astronomer, mathematician (1562-1647).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3465
Clean name
Longomontanus
Ethnicity
Denmark
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-125

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