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Measured / Computed

Slipher

Crater (74.6 km) — Earl Charles; American astronomer (1883-1964); Vesto Melvin; American astronomer (1875-1969).

Coordinates
49.279, 160.2683 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
74.645958
Etymology
Earl Charles; American astronomer (1883-1964); Vesto Melvin; American astronomer (1875-1969).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5599
Clean name
Slipher
Ethnicity
American
Continent
North America
Quad
LAC-18

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