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Measured / Computed

Pytheas

Crater (18.8 km) — Of Marseilles; Greek navigator, geographer (c. 308 B.C.).

Coordinates
20.567, -20.5943 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
18.808151
Etymology
Of Marseilles; Greek navigator, geographer (c. 308 B.C.).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4887
Clean name
Pytheas
Ethnicity
Greek
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-40

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