Nicolai (crater)

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Nicolai is an impact crater in the southern lunar front side, between the craters Barocius in the west and Fabricius in the east, north of Spallanzani. The crater is moderately eroded the crater floor largely flat.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the German astronomer Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai.

Near side of the Moon Barocius (crater) Fabricius (crater) Spallanzani (lunar crater) International Astronomical Union
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