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295:Longitude
289:Becquerel
266:Van Maanen
227:hemisphere
34:references
1755:Brianchon
1735:Bredikhin
1670:Boscovich
1605:Boltzmann
1565:Bobillier
1545:Blanchard
1540:Blancanus
1500:Birkeland
1470:Bianchini
1450:Bessarion
1445:Berzelius
1435:Bernoulli
1345:Becquerel
1310:Barringer
1145:Autolycus
1105:Aryabhata
1085:Artamonov
1080:Arrhenius
1070:Armstrong
1045:Ariadaeus
985:Antoniadi
980:Ansgarius
950:Andersson
885:Alphonsus
840:Alexander
815:Al-Biruni
745:Abul Wafa
526:122125855
375:Becquerel
351:128.1° E
337:126.9° E
323:132.9° E
309:131.5° E
298:Diameter
292:Latitude
275:in 1970.
216:Becquerel
92:Becquerel
1845:Butlerov
1840:BĂĽsching
1770:Brisbane
1760:Bridgman
1750:Brewster
1740:Breislak
1720:Brashear
1710:Brackett
1695:Bowditch
1625:Bonpland
1615:Bombelli
1580:Boethius
1530:Blackett
1520:Bjerknes
1505:Birkhoff
1460:Bettinus
1410:Benedict
1340:Beaumont
1305:Barocius
1280:Bancroft
1250:Balandin
1235:Baillaud
1225:Backlund
1170:Avogadro
1165:Avicenna
1125:Ashbrook
1110:Arzachel
1065:Armiński
1035:Archytas
1015:Appleton
975:Annegrit
965:Angström
955:Andronov
945:Anderson
915:Amundsen
910:Amontons
905:Ammonius
895:Ameghino
800:Al-Bakri
750:Abulfeda
735:Abenezra
632:(1999).
608:(1962).
582:(1990).
536:(2001).
433:(2004).
395:(1982).
348:42.2° N
334:42.2° N
320:40.9° N
306:41.0° N
262:Bridgman
231:far side
200:Oblique
152:Diameter
126:129°42′E
1860:Byrgius
1835:Burnham
1810:Buisson
1795:Brunner
1780:Brouwer
1745:Brenner
1730:Brayley
1685:Bouguer
1555:Blazhko
1490:Bingham
1480:Bilharz
1440:Berosus
1430:Berlage
1425:Berkner
1415:Bergman
1405:Belyaev
1370:Beketov
1320:Bartels
1300:Barnard
1290:Barbier
1285:Banting
1215:Babcock
1210:Babbage
1205:Babakin
1120:Asclepi
1095:Artemis
1000:Apianus
995:Anville
990:Anuchin
865:Almanon
850:Alhazen
835:Alekhin
775:Agrippa
765:Aepinus
506:Bibcode
233:of the
229:on the
167:Unknown
123:40°42′N
47:improve
1820:Bunsen
1805:Buffon
1765:Briggs
1725:Braude
1650:Borman
1610:Bolyai
1570:Bobone
1465:Bhabha
1455:Bessel
1395:Bellot
1360:Behaim
1350:Bečvář
1315:Barrow
1295:Barkla
1270:Balmer
1260:Baldet
1255:Balboa
1240:Bailly
1175:Azophi
1155:Auzout
1150:Auwers
1140:Atwood
1075:Arnold
1025:Aratus
1005:Apollo
940:Anders
830:Aldrin
810:Albert
785:Aitken
755:Acosta
740:Abetti
659:
640:
618:
594:
568:
549:
524:
466:
445:
258:Segers
243:albedo
184:Eponym
106:mosaic
36:, but
1790:Bruce
1785:Brown
1775:Bronk
1715:Bragg
1705:Boyle
1700:Bowen
1665:Bosch
1660:Borya
1645:Boris
1640:Borel
1635:Borda
1630:Boole
1560:Bliss
1535:Blagg
1525:Black
1485:Billy
1475:Biela
1335:Beals
1330:Bayer
1245:Baily
1200:Baade
1160:Avery
1135:Atlas
1130:Aston
1115:Asada
1020:Arago
935:Anděl
900:Amici
890:Alter
875:Aloha
825:Alder
820:Alden
760:Adams
725:Abbot
707:: A–B
522:S2CID
254:Tesla
220:lunar
218:is a
204:image
162:Depth
156:65 km
1855:Byrd
1830:BĂĽrg
1800:Buch
1680:Boss
1675:Bose
1655:Born
1595:Bohr
1575:Bode
1515:Birt
1495:Biot
1385:Bell
1375:BĂ©la
1355:Beer
1325:Bawa
1265:Ball
1230:Baco
1220:Back
960:Ango
795:Alan
790:Akis
780:Airy
730:Abel
720:Abbe
705:Moon
657:ISBN
638:ISBN
616:ISBN
592:ISBN
566:ISBN
547:ISBN
464:ISBN
443:ISBN
413:USGS
398:NASA
252:and
235:Moon
1600:Bok
970:Ann
514:doi
273:IAU
104:LRO
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331:W
317:F
303:E
268:.
1193:B
713:A
694:e
687:t
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