Fernelius
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Fernelius
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Lat: 38.1°S, Long: 4.9°E, Diam: 65 km, Depth: 3.28 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2065 Rükl: 65] |
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([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) FERNELIUS.--A ring-plain, about 30 miles in diameter, abutting on the N. wall of [/St%C3%B6fler Stofler]. It is overlapped on the W. by another similar formation of about half its size. There are many craters and depressions on the borders of both, and a large crater between the smaller enclosure and the N.W. outer slope of [/St%C3%B6fler Stofler]. Schmidt shows eight craters on the floor of Fernelius.
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Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.28 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.88 km
Nomenclature
Jean François Fernel (in Latin, Fernelius) (1497 – 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal.
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