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Mersenius

Crater (84.5 km) — Mersenne, Marin; French mathematician, physicist (1588-1648).

Coordinates
-21.4928, -49.3362 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
84.461182
Etymology
Mersenne, Marin; French mathematician, physicist (1588-1648).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3862
Clean name
Mersenius
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-93

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