Scott crater

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Scott crater is a large impact feature located near the Moon’s south pole, named after the Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
hasCoordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
hasCraterType impact crater
hasEnvironment airless body
hasEponymBirthYear 1868
hasEponymCitizenship United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasEponymDeathYear 1912
hasEponymFullName Robert Falcon Scott NERFINISHED
hasEponymOccupation Antarctic explorer
hasFeatureClass crater
hasIlluminationCharacteristics low sun-angle illumination for much of lunar day
hasObservationWavelength infrared
radar
visible light
hasOfficialStatus approved IAU name
hasScientificInterest impact cratering processes
lunar polar geology
hasSurfaceBody lunar highlands
hasSurfaceProcess impact gardening
space weathering
isCataloguedIn International Astronomical Union lunar nomenclature NERFINISHED
isInReferenceFrame mean Earth / polar axis system
isInRegion lunar south polar region
isObservedBy lunar orbiters
isOnLunarHemisphere far southern hemisphere
isPartOf Moon’s south polar topography
isVisibleFrom lunar polar orbit
locatedNear lunar south pole
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
namedAfter Robert Falcon Scott NERFINISHED

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