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Measured / Computed

Somerville

Crater (17.1 km) — Mary Fairfax; Scottish physicist, mathematician (1780-1872).

Coordinates
-8.3319, 64.9611 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
17.083336
Etymology
Mary Fairfax; Scottish physicist, mathematician (1780-1872).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1976
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5644
Clean name
Somerville
Ethnicity
Scotland
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-80

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