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1937:Buys-Ballot
1672:Boguslawsky
1187:Artsimovich
1147:Aristoteles
1137:Aristarchus
1012:Anaximander
967:Alpetragius
892:Albategnius
743:of Aitken:
567:On the Moon
382:3070 Aitken
369:33 km
355:35 km
313:74 km
299:13 km
196:is a large
112:Colongitude
70: /
45:Coordinates
1962:Categories
1912:Burckhardt
1902:Bullialdus
1707:Bondarenko
1637:Blanchinus
1597:Birmingham
1507:Bergstrand
1452:Beijerinck
1142:Aristillus
1127:Argelander
1117:Archimedes
1097:Apollonius
1017:Anaximenes
1007:Anaxagoras
942:Aliacensis
932:Alfraganus
732:2012-03-27
711:Figure 178
516:2007-10-24
459:Spudis, P.
455:Bussey, B.
446:2007-08-05
394:References
341:7 km
327:7 km
282:Longitude
229:Bergstrand
1842:Brianchon
1822:Bredikhin
1757:Boscovich
1692:Boltzmann
1652:Bobillier
1632:Blanchard
1627:Blancanus
1587:Birkeland
1557:Bianchini
1537:Bessarion
1532:Berzelius
1522:Bernoulli
1432:Becquerel
1397:Barringer
1232:Autolycus
1192:Aryabhata
1172:Artamonov
1167:Arrhenius
1157:Armstrong
1132:Ariadaeus
1072:Antoniadi
1067:Ansgarius
1037:Andersson
972:Alphonsus
927:Alexander
902:Al-Biruni
832:Abul Wafa
739:L&PI
715:Figure 84
554:122125855
366:173.3° E
352:173.2° E
338:172.7° E
324:174.2° E
310:175.8° E
296:173.7° E
285:Diameter
279:Latitude
217:Heaviside
140:Apollo 11
36:Apollo 17
1932:Butlerov
1927:Büsching
1857:Brisbane
1847:Bridgman
1837:Brewster
1827:Breislak
1807:Brashear
1797:Brackett
1782:Bowditch
1712:Bonpland
1702:Bombelli
1667:Boethius
1617:Blackett
1607:Bjerknes
1592:Birkhoff
1547:Bettinus
1497:Benedict
1427:Beaumont
1392:Barocius
1367:Bancroft
1337:Balandin
1322:Baillaud
1312:Backlund
1257:Avogadro
1252:Avicenna
1212:Ashbrook
1197:Arzachel
1152:Armiński
1122:Archytas
1102:Appleton
1062:Annegrit
1052:Angström
1042:Andronov
1032:Anderson
1002:Amundsen
997:Amontons
992:Ammonius
982:Ameghino
887:Al-Bakri
837:Abulfeda
822:Abenezra
660:(1999).
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610:(1990).
564:(2001).
461:(2004).
423:(1982).
376:See also
363:15.1° S
349:12.0° S
335:17.7° S
321:16.8° S
307:14.0° S
293:14.0° S
239:lighter-
236:terraced
225:Vertregt
205:far side
84:Diameter
58:173°24′E
1947:Byrgius
1922:Burnham
1897:Buisson
1882:Brunner
1867:Brouwer
1832:Brenner
1817:Brayley
1772:Bouguer
1642:Blazhko
1577:Bingham
1567:Bilharz
1527:Berosus
1517:Berlage
1512:Berkner
1502:Bergman
1492:Belyaev
1457:Beketov
1407:Bartels
1387:Barnard
1377:Barbier
1372:Banting
1302:Babcock
1297:Babbage
1292:Babakin
1207:Asclepi
1182:Artemis
1087:Apianus
1082:Anville
1077:Anuchin
952:Almanon
937:Alhazen
922:Alekhin
862:Agrippa
852:Aepinus
534:Bibcode
276:Aitken
207:of the
55:16°48′S
1907:Bunsen
1892:Buffon
1852:Briggs
1812:Braude
1737:Borman
1697:Bolyai
1657:Bobone
1552:Bhabha
1542:Bessel
1482:Bellot
1447:Behaim
1437:Bečvář
1402:Barrow
1382:Barkla
1357:Balmer
1347:Baldet
1342:Balboa
1327:Bailly
1262:Azophi
1242:Auzout
1237:Auwers
1227:Atwood
1162:Arnold
1112:Aratus
1092:Apollo
1027:Anders
917:Aldrin
897:Albert
872:Aitken
842:Acosta
827:Abetti
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241:albedo
166:Aitken
122:Eponym
23:Aitken
1877:Bruce
1872:Brown
1862:Bronk
1802:Bragg
1792:Boyle
1787:Bowen
1752:Bosch
1747:Borya
1732:Boris
1727:Borel
1722:Borda
1717:Boole
1647:Bliss
1622:Blagg
1612:Black
1572:Billy
1562:Biela
1422:Beals
1417:Bayer
1332:Baily
1287:Baade
1247:Avery
1222:Atlas
1217:Aston
1202:Asada
1107:Arago
1022:Anděl
987:Amici
977:Alter
962:Aloha
912:Alder
907:Alden
847:Adams
812:Abbot
794:: A–B
550:S2CID
198:lunar
97:Depth
1942:Byrd
1917:Bürg
1887:Buch
1767:Boss
1762:Bose
1742:Born
1682:Bohr
1662:Bode
1602:Birt
1582:Biot
1472:Bell
1462:Béla
1442:Beer
1412:Bawa
1352:Ball
1317:Baco
1307:Back
1047:Ango
882:Alan
877:Akis
867:Airy
817:Abel
807:Abbe
792:Moon
685:ISBN
666:ISBN
644:ISBN
620:ISBN
594:ISBN
575:ISBN
492:ISBN
471:ISBN
441:USGS
426:NASA
245:lava
209:Moon
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