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■ Measured / ComputedPhilolaus
Crater (71.4 km) — Of Croton; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (unkn-fl. 400 B.C.).
- Coordinates
- 72.2221, -32.8845 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 71.435074
- Etymology
- Of Croton; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (unkn-fl. 400 B.C.).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4691
- Clean name
- Philolaus
- Ethnicity
- Greek
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-3
Primary source