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    Alphonsus is an ancient impact crater on the Moon that dates from the pre-Nectarian era. (Older sources state that it is Nectarian in age.) It is located...
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  • Jewish writer other: Alphonsus (crater) lunar crater This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alphonsus. If an internal link...
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    related to Davy (crater). Topophotomap 77D1S1(10) showing location of minor named features. Lunar Orbiter map and photo of Alphonsus, shows relationship...
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    impact crater located on the eastern edge of Mare Nubium, to the southwest of the much larger crater Alphonsus. In the southeast is the prominent crater Arzachel...
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    lies to the south of the crater Alphonsus, and together with Ptolemaeus further north the three form a prominent line of craters to the east of Mare Nubium...
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    Astrólogo)—led him to sponsor the creation of the Alfonsine tables, and the Alphonsus crater on the Moon is named after him. He also sponsored the work of historians...
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    diameter. To the south-southwest, Ptolemaeus is joined to the rim of the crater Alphonsus by a section of rugged, irregular terrain, and these form a prominent...
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    apparent half-hour "eruption" that took place on the central peak of Alphonsus crater using a 48-inch (122-cm) reflector telescope equipped with a spectrometer...
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    UT 12°50′S 2°22′W / 12.83°S 2.37°W / -12.83; -2.37 (Ranger 9) - Alphonsus crater Ranger's Block 3 embodied four launches in 1964-65. These spacecraft...
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    994 UTC at approximately 12.83 S latitude, 357.63 E longitude in the Alphonsus crater. Impact velocity was 2,670 metres per second (8,800 ft/s). The spacecraft...
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