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Noun
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a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
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a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
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a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Usage examples
- East of Archimedes is the crater Autolycus.
- The lunar crater "Wright" is co-named in his honour.
- Nobili is a circular crater formation with a worn, circular rim.
- The Martian crater "Rabe" was named in his honor.
- However the formation has not been significantly reshaped by nearby craters.
- It can be located to the south-southeast of the prominent ray crater Copernicus.
- About one crater diameter to the south-southwest is the small crater Hendrix.
- To the northwest along the same valley formation is the crater Young.
- The crater Vishniac on Mars is named in his honor.
- To the southeast lies the crater Marconi, and to the southwest is Chauvenet.