Halley (lunar crater)

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title: Halley (lunar crater)
text: Halley is a lunar impact crater that is intruding into the southern wall of the walled plain Hipparchus. Its diameter is 35 km. The crater is named after the English astronomer Edmond Halley. On the 1645 map by Michael van Langren, the crater is called Gansii, for the gansa of Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moone. To the southwest of Halley is the large crater Albategnius, and due east lies the slightly smaller Hind. The rim of Halley is somewhat worn, the east being scoured by debris from the
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description: Crater on the Moon
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_(lunar_crater)
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date modified: 2023-04-19T05:16:56Z
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