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Measured / Computed

Nishina

Crater (62.1 km) — Yoshio; Japanese physicist (1890-1951).

Coordinates
-44.5739, -170.7978 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
62.125305
Etymology
Yoshio; Japanese physicist (1890-1951).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4310
Clean name
Nishina
Ethnicity
Japan
Continent
Asia
Quad
LAC-120

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