prominent ray crater Tycho. It is named for the Jesuit priest Christopher Clavius. Clavius is one of the largest craters of Nectarian age. Clavius' location...
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correspondence) Clavius' complete mathematical works (5 volumes, Mainz, 1611–1612) are available online . Asteroid 20237 Clavius Clavius (crater), a lunar crater named...
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Rutherfurd is a lunar impact crater located entirely within the southern rim of the much larger crater Clavius. The crater Porter is located to the north-northeast...
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three quarters the diameter of Clavius, which lies to the southwest. Just to the north of Maginus is the smaller crater Proctor, and to the southeast is...
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lunar impact crater that is located in the southern part of the Moon, and lies across the northeastern rim of the huge walled plain Clavius. Although generally...
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water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, in the vicinity of the crater Clavius (crater), obtained by the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy...
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some prominent craters on the near side of the Moon: Albategnius (131 km) Aristarchus (40 km) Aristoteles (88 km) Bailly (301 km) Clavius (231 km) Copernicus...
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lunar impact crater that lies to the west of the enormous walled plain Clavius. To the southeast near the rim of Clavius is the crater Blancanus. The...
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Lunar craters are impact craters on Earth's Moon. The Moon's surface has many craters, all of which were formed by impacts. The International Astronomical...
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third-largest crater formation on the visible Moon, being beaten only by Clavius (231 km) and by the 303-kilometer-diameter walled plain Bailly. The northern...
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