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Measured / Computed

Poinsot

Crater (65.1 km) — Louis; French mathematician (1777-1859).

Coordinates
78.902, -146.215 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
65.110039
Etymology
Louis; French mathematician (1777-1859).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4776
Clean name
Poinsot
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-8

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