Copernicus Crater on the Moon

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Copernicus Crater on the Moon is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater in the Moon’s eastern Oceanus Procellarum region, named in honor of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Kepler (lunar crater) ("Copernicus (lunar crater)")
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