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Nagaoka

Crater (50.5 km) — Hantaro; Japanese physicist (1865-1940).

Coordinates
19.5066, 154.0477 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
50.544468
Etymology
Hantaro; Japanese physicist (1865-1940).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4106
Clean name
Nagaoka
Ethnicity
Japan
Continent
Asia
Quad
LAC-49

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