Tombaugh (lunar crater)

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Tombaugh (lunar crater) is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
belongsToCategory Far side of the Moon
Impact craters on the Moon
discovererOfEponym Pluto NERFINISHED
eponym Clyde Tombaugh NERFINISHED
eponymKnownFor discovery of Pluto
eponymNationality American
hasCelestialBody Moon NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
hasEnvironment airless
vacuum
hasEponymOccupation astronomer
hasFeatureType impact crater
hasGravity low lunar gravity
hasIllumination varies with lunar phase
hasName Tombaugh NERFINISHED
hasOfficialStatus IAU-approved lunar nomenclature
hasOrigin impact event
honors American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh NERFINISHED
isA lunar crater
isNamedFeatureOf International Astronomical Union lunar nomenclature NERFINISHED
isObservedBy lunar orbiters
spacecraft imaging
isPartOf lunar surface
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
lunar far side
namedAfter Clyde Tombaugh NERFINISHED
orbitsWithBody Earth via the Moon
surfaceMaterial lunar regolith
surfaceType lunar highlands

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Clyde Tombaugh hasLunarCraterNamedAfter Tombaugh (lunar crater)