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Measured / Computed

Poisson

Crater (41.4 km) — Simeon Denis; French mathematician (1781-1840).

Coordinates
-30.3393, 10.5648 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
41.402081
Etymology
Simeon Denis; French mathematician (1781-1840).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4777
Clean name
Poisson
Ethnicity
France
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-96

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