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Measured / Computed

Maginus

Crater (155.6 km) — Magini, Giovanni Antonio; Italian astronomer, mathematician (1555-1617).

Coordinates
-50.0337, -5.9837 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
155.57762
Etymology
Magini, Giovanni Antonio; Italian astronomer, mathematician (1555-1617).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3581
Clean name
Maginus
Ethnicity
Italy
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-126

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