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■ Measured / ComputedPlayfair
Crater (49.9 km) — John; Scottish mathematician, geologist (1748-1819).
- Coordinates
- -23.5604, 8.4452 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 49.884621
- Etymology
- John; Scottish mathematician, geologist (1748-1819).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4759
- Clean name
- Playfair
- Ethnicity
- Scotland
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-95
Primary source