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Measured / Computed

Oresme

Crater (82.1 km) — Oresme, Nicole; French mathematician (1323(?)-1382).

Coordinates
-42.6145, 169.2236 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
82.050804
Etymology
Oresme, Nicole; French mathematician (1323(?)-1382).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4487
Clean name
Oresme
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-119

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