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■ Measured / ComputedSnellius
Crater (86.0 km) — Snell, Willebrod van Roijen; Dutch mathematician, astronomer, optician (1580-1626).
- Coordinates
- -29.3332, 55.7048 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 85.984016
- Etymology
- Snell, Willebrod van Roijen; Dutch mathematician, astronomer, optician (1580-1626).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5609
- Clean name
- Snellius
- Ethnicity
- The Netherlands (Dutch)
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-98
Primary source