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Paracelsus

Crater (85.9 km) — Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim; Swiss-German doctor, chemist (1493-1541).

Coordinates
-22.9226, 163.4434 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
85.879509
Etymology
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim; Swiss-German doctor, chemist (1493-1541).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4584
Clean name
Paracelsus
Ethnicity
Austria
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-103

Primary source