Fermat (crater)

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Fermat is an impact crater on the Moon's front west of the Mare Nectaris, northeast of the crater Sacrobosco and southwest of Catharina, west of the Rupes Altai. The crater is eroded, the crater floor is relatively flat.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat.

Near side of the Moon Sacrobosco (crater) Catharina (crater) International Astronomical Union
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