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■ Measured / ComputedPtolemaeus
Crater (153.7 km) — Ptolemy, Claudius; Greek astronomer, mathematician, geographer (c. 87-150).
- Coordinates
- -9.1605, -1.83729999999997 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 153.66885
- Etymology
- Ptolemy, Claudius; Greek astronomer, mathematician, geographer (c. 87-150).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4860
- Clean name
- Ptolemaeus
- Ethnicity
- Greek
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-77
Primary source