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23:Aristoteles
1877:Categories
1827:Burckhardt
1817:Bullialdus
1622:Bondarenko
1552:Blanchinus
1512:Birmingham
1422:Bergstrand
1367:Beijerinck
1057:Aristillus
1042:Argelander
1032:Archimedes
1012:Apollonius
932:Anaximenes
922:Anaxagoras
857:Aliacensis
847:Alfraganus
665:2007-09-11
645:2007-02-27
442:2007-10-24
385:Spudis, P.
381:Bussey, B.
313:References
306:5 km
292:7 km
278:6 km
261:Longitude
71:50.2; 17.4
1757:Brianchon
1737:Bredikhin
1672:Boscovich
1607:Boltzmann
1567:Bobillier
1547:Blanchard
1542:Blancanus
1502:Birkeland
1472:Bianchini
1452:Bessarion
1447:Berzelius
1437:Bernoulli
1347:Becquerel
1312:Barringer
1147:Autolycus
1107:Aryabhata
1087:Artamonov
1082:Arrhenius
1072:Armstrong
1047:Ariadaeus
987:Antoniadi
982:Ansgarius
952:Andersson
887:Alphonsus
842:Alexander
817:Al-Biruni
747:Abul Wafa
480:122125855
264:Diameter
258:Latitude
238:Apollo 16
160:telescope
145:Aristotle
118:Aristotle
1847:Butlerov
1842:BĂĽsching
1772:Brisbane
1762:Bridgman
1752:Brewster
1742:Breislak
1722:Brashear
1712:Brackett
1697:Bowditch
1627:Bonpland
1617:Bombelli
1582:Boethius
1532:Blackett
1522:Bjerknes
1507:Birkhoff
1462:Bettinus
1412:Benedict
1342:Beaumont
1307:Barocius
1282:Bancroft
1252:Balandin
1237:Baillaud
1227:Backlund
1172:Avogadro
1167:Avicenna
1127:Ashbrook
1112:Arzachel
1067:Armiński
1037:Archytas
1017:Appleton
977:Annegrit
967:Angström
957:Andronov
947:Anderson
917:Amundsen
912:Amontons
907:Ammonius
897:Ameghino
802:Al-Bakri
752:Abulfeda
737:Abenezra
587:(1999).
563:(1962).
537:(1990).
490:(2001).
387:(2004).
368:(1982).
303:26.8° E
300:52.9° N
289:27.2° E
286:53.5° N
275:14.7° E
272:47.5° N
183:ramparts
179:terraced
164:Mitchell
83:Diameter
1862:Byrgius
1837:Burnham
1812:Buisson
1797:Brunner
1782:Brouwer
1747:Brenner
1732:Brayley
1687:Bouguer
1557:Blazhko
1492:Bingham
1482:Bilharz
1442:Berosus
1432:Berlage
1427:Berkner
1417:Bergman
1407:Belyaev
1372:Beketov
1322:Bartels
1302:Barnard
1292:Barbier
1287:Banting
1217:Babcock
1212:Babbage
1207:Babakin
1122:Asclepi
1097:Artemis
1002:Apianus
997:Anville
992:Anuchin
867:Almanon
852:Alhazen
837:Alekhin
777:Agrippa
767:Aepinus
460:Bibcode
175:hexagon
156:Eudoxus
147:by the
57:17°24′E
54:50°12′N
1822:Bunsen
1807:Buffon
1767:Briggs
1727:Braude
1652:Borman
1612:Bolyai
1572:Bobone
1467:Bhabha
1457:Bessel
1397:Bellot
1362:Behaim
1352:Bečvář
1317:Barrow
1297:Barkla
1272:Balmer
1262:Baldet
1257:Balboa
1242:Bailly
1177:Azophi
1157:Auzout
1152:Auwers
1142:Atwood
1077:Arnold
1027:Aratus
1007:Apollo
942:Anders
832:Aldrin
812:Albert
787:Aitken
757:Acosta
742:Abetti
614:
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399:
191:ejecta
187:radial
113:Eponym
97:3.3 km
1792:Bruce
1787:Brown
1777:Bronk
1717:Bragg
1707:Boyle
1702:Bowen
1667:Bosch
1662:Borya
1647:Boris
1642:Borel
1637:Borda
1632:Boole
1562:Bliss
1537:Blagg
1527:Black
1487:Billy
1477:Biela
1337:Beals
1332:Bayer
1247:Baily
1202:Baade
1162:Avery
1137:Atlas
1132:Aston
1117:Asada
1022:Arago
937:Anděl
902:Amici
892:Alter
877:Aloha
827:Alder
822:Alden
762:Adams
727:Abbot
709:: A–B
476:S2CID
204:age.
195:peaks
168:Egede
130:lunar
128:is a
93:Depth
87:87 km
1857:Byrd
1832:BĂĽrg
1802:Buch
1682:Boss
1677:Bose
1657:Born
1597:Bohr
1577:Bode
1517:Birt
1497:Biot
1387:Bell
1377:BĂ©la
1357:Beer
1327:Bawa
1267:Ball
1232:Baco
1222:Back
962:Ango
797:Alan
792:Akis
782:Airy
732:Abel
722:Abbe
707:Moon
612:ISBN
593:ISBN
571:ISBN
547:ISBN
521:ISBN
502:ISBN
418:ISBN
397:ISBN
371:NASA
348:USGS
1602:Bok
972:Ann
468:doi
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283:M
269:D
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1195:B
715:A
696:e
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