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Measured / Computed

Wilson

Crater (66.6 km) — Alexander; Scottish astronomer (1714-1786); Charles Thomson Rees; Scottish physicist (1869-1959); Ralph Elmer; American astronomer (1886-1960).

Coordinates
-69.3286, -42.8256 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
66.57312
Etymology
Alexander; Scottish astronomer (1714-1786); Charles Thomson Rees; Scottish physicist (1869-1959); Ralph Elmer; American astronomer (1886-1960).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6556
Clean name
Wilson
Ethnicity
Scotland
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-136

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