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Measured / Computed

Messier

Crater (13.8 km) — Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817).

Coordinates
-1.9038, 47.6533 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
13.795472
Etymology
Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3869
Clean name
Messier
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-79

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