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Measured / Computed

Virchow

Crater (18.8 km) — Rudolph Ludwig Karl; German doctor, pathologist (1821-1902).

Coordinates
9.8789, 83.7658 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
18.828381
Etymology
Rudolph Ludwig Karl; German doctor, pathologist (1821-1902).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1979
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6399
Clean name
Virchow
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-63

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