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Measured / Computed

Menelaus

Crater (27.1 km) — Of Alexandria; Greek geometer, astronomer (c. A.D. 98).

Coordinates
16.2593, 15.9294 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
27.133253
Etymology
Of Alexandria; Greek geometer, astronomer (c. A.D. 98).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3840
Clean name
Menelaus
Ethnicity
Greek
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-42

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