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Measured / Computed

Michelson

Crater (123.1 km) — Albert Abraham; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1931).

Coordinates
6.7246, -121.546 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
123.14339
Etymology
Albert Abraham; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1931).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3883
Clean name
Michelson
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-71

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