Lepaute

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Lepaute is an impact crater in the west of the moon front page, on the western edge of the plain of the Palus Epidemiarum, west of the crater Ramsden. The crater is irregular oval shaped and heavily eroded.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the French astronomer Nicole -Reine Lepaute.

Nicole-Reine Lepaute Near side of the Moon Ramsden (crater) International Astronomical Union
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