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126: 30: 142: 134: 176:. . An area to the north-northwest of the crater is free of rays, however, indicating that the crater may have been formed by a low-angle impact from that direction. The inner wall has some 448:
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU".
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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Thales.
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observed a pale haze fill the crater interior, while the surroundings remained clear and sharply visible.
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that extends for over 600 kilometers, and it is consequently mapped as part of the
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Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
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Professional Paper: 1348. Plate 11: Copernican System (
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The crater at the top right of a seleochromatic image
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Index


Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
61°48′N 50°18′E / 61.8°N 50.3°E / 61.8; 50.3
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Thales



crater
Moon
Strabo
De La Rue
ray system
Copernican System
terraces
albedo
transient lunar phenomena
E. E. Barnard
Wilhelms, Don E.
USGS
online
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature"
USGS
Bussey, B.

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