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Measured / Computed

Maupertuis

Crater (45.5 km) — Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).

Coordinates
49.6968, -27.2829 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
45.485485
Etymology
Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3758
Clean name
Maupertuis
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-11

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