Väisälä (crater)

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Väisälä is a small impact crater on the moon northwestern front. It lies north of the large crater Aristarchus rays, between the side craters Aristarchus Aristarchus B and Z, south of the small crater Toscanelli. It is cup-shaped and slightly eroded.

The crater was officially named in 1973 by the IAU astronomer Yrjö Väisälä after the Finnish.

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