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Niepce

Crater (59.7 km) — Joseph-Nicéphore; French physicist, photographer (1765-1833). (Spelling changed from Niépce.)

Coordinates
72.1984, -120.1468 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
59.687252
Etymology
Joseph-Nicéphore; French physicist, photographer (1765-1833). (Spelling changed from Niépce.)
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4257
Clean name
Niepce
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-9

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