Houssay (crater)

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Houssay
Coordinates 83°00′N98°30′E / 83.0°N 98.5°E / 83.0; 98.5
Diameter 24.5 km
Eponym Bernardo Houssay

Houssay is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the northern pole.[ citation needed ] The crater is located to the northeast of and directly adjacent to crater Nansen.[ citation needed ] Houssay was adopted and named after the Argentinian physiologist Bernardo Houssay by the IAU in 2009. [1]

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References

  1. "Houssay". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.