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Thales

Crater (30.7 km) — Of Miletus; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (c. 636-546 B.C.).

Coordinates
61.7351, 50.2675 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
30.747118
Etymology
Of Miletus; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (c. 636-546 B.C.).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5945
Clean name
Thales
Ethnicity
Greek
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-14

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