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Measured / Computed

Saussure

Crater (54.6 km) — Horace Benedict De; Swiss geologist (1740-1799).

Coordinates
-43.3776, -3.88489999999996 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
54.557064
Etymology
Horace Benedict De; Swiss geologist (1740-1799).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5343
Clean name
Saussure
Ethnicity
Switzerland
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-112

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