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Oersted

Crater (42.3 km) — Hans Christian; Danish physicist, chemist (1777-1851).

Coordinates
43.0857, 47.2547 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
42.278183
Etymology
Hans Christian; Danish physicist, chemist (1777-1851).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4410
Clean name
Oersted
Ethnicity
Denmark
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-27

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