Xenophon
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Xenophon
| Lat: 22.81°S, Long: 121.99°E, Diam: 25.2 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
LROC WAC image (No. M119054707ME). Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
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Xenophon was captured on Apollo 17's orbital panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS17-P-2783 (very near the frame's left margin).
Research: Danny Caes
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- IAU page: Xenophon
Nomenclature
- Xenophon (ca. 431–355 BC), son of Gryllus, of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates and is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece.
- A crater southeast of Xenophon is called Baudelaire on LTO101-B4. To know who Baudelaire was, see this Wikipedia-page.
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