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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/keplerraysb.jpg [[Image:Normal_keplerraysb.jpg|external image normal_keplerraysb.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-82 Mike Wirths]''<br /> '''Kepler''' at center of image, '''Kepler A''' to the east-southeast of it, '''Kepler C''' west-northwest of it, '''Encke''' south-southeast of it. '''Kepler F''' immediately west of '''Kepler'''.<br />  Several hills and hillocks north of '''Kepler''' once received Greek letter designations. Of them, '''Kepler Omega''' is the nearest one.<br /> <br />  
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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Kepler Kepler]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Van Langren's nomenclature Van Langren's nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Bibliography Bibliography]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-The moon's Kepler area in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss) The moon's Kepler area in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Kepler-Johannes Kepler in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss) Johannes Kepler in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/keplerraysb.jpg [[Image:normal_keplerraysb.jpg|external image normal_keplerraysb.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-82 Mike Wirths]''<br /> '''Kepler''' at center of image, '''Kepler A''' to the east-southeast of it, '''Kepler C''' west-northwest of it, '''Encke''' south-southeast of it. '''Kepler F''' immediately west of '''Kepler'''.<br />  Several hills and hillocks north of '''Kepler''' once received Greek letter designations. Of them, '''Kepler Omega''' is the nearest one.<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Kepler LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Kepler%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Kepler Apollo Images] [http://higginsandsons.com/astro/images/NEW_Kepler_Reg3_A51S660_11-05-04_P3rotatelevels_filtered.jpg Wes Higgins]<br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Kepler LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Kepler%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Kepler Apollo Images] [http://higginsandsons.com/astro/images/NEW_Kepler_Reg3_A51S660_11-05-04_P3rotatelevels_filtered.jpg Wes Higgins]<br />  
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''([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 57B4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac57/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I355/ Geologic map]<br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 57B4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac57/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I355/ Geologic map]<br />  
  
 
* IAU page [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2990 Kepler]
 
* IAU page [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2990 Kepler]
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
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''([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' KEPLER.--One of the most brilliant objects in the second quadrant,--a ring-plain about 22 miles in diameter, with a lofty border; a peak on the W. attaining an altitude of 10,000 feet above the surface. The wall is much terraced, especially the outer slope on the E., where a narrow valley is easily traceable. Though omitted from the maps, there is a prominent circular depression on the E. border, which forms a distinct notch thereon at sunrise. On the N., the wall exhibits a conspicuous gap. There is a central hill on the floor. Immediately W. of Kepler is a bright plateau, bounded on the N. by a very straight border, with two small craters on its edge. Both these objects are incomplete on the N., as if they had been deformed by a "fault," which has apparently affected the N. end of Kepler also. Kepler is the centre of one of the most extended systems of bright streaks on the moon's visible surface.<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' KEPLER.--One of the most brilliant objects in the second quadrant,--a ring-plain about 22 miles in diameter, with a lofty border; a peak on the W. attaining an altitude of 10,000 feet above the surface. The wall is much terraced, especially the outer slope on the E., where a narrow valley is easily traceable. Though omitted from the maps, there is a prominent circular depression on the E. border, which forms a distinct notch thereon at sunrise. On the N., the wall exhibits a conspicuous gap. There is a central hill on the floor. Immediately W. of Kepler is a bright plateau, bounded on the N. by a very straight border, with two small craters on its edge. Both these objects are incomplete on the N., as if they had been deformed by a "fault," which has apparently affected the N. end of Kepler also. Kepler is the centre of one of the most extended systems of bright streaks on the moon's visible surface.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_%28crater%29 Kepler]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_%28crater%29 Kepler]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  
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* Depth data from [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
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* Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]
 
** Pike, 1976: 2.7 km
 
** Pike, 1976: 2.7 km
 
** Arthur, 1974: 2.75 km
 
** Arthur, 1974: 2.75 km
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** Cherrington, 1969: 2.28 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.28 km
 
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* Central peak height
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** [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]:
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** [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]:
 
*** Too small to measure "A low mound, probably the true central peak"
 
*** Too small to measure "A low mound, probably the true central peak"
 
*** 0.2 km "Another mound on the northerly eccentric position of the floor"
 
*** 0.2 km "Another mound on the northerly eccentric position of the floor"
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*** 0.3 km "The largest mound on the north wall" <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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*** 0.3 km "The largest mound on the north wall" <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
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* West rim slope 42° ([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Pohn%2C%201963 Pohn, 1963])
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* West rim slope 42° ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Pohn%2C%201963 Pohn, 1963])
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* Included in [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters]
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* Included in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters]
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* Included on the [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/ALPO%20list%20of%20banded%20craters ALPO list of banded craters]
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* Included on the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/ALPO%20list%20of%20banded%20craters ALPO list of banded craters]
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* '''Kepler''' and '''Kepler A''' are thermal anomaly craters, implying a youthful age - [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
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* '''Kepler''' and '''Kepler A''' are thermal anomaly craters, implying a youthful age - [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
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* TSI = 30, CPI = 20, FI = 20; MI =70 [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Sanchez, 1973]
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* TSI = 30, CPI = 20, FI = 20; MI =70 [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Sanchez, 1973]
 
* The hills and hillocks west of '''Kepler''' are parts of the rim of an unnamed 55 kilometer wide impact crater, see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/April%206%2C%202013 Streamlined Islands 6-4-13]
 
* The hills and hillocks west of '''Kepler''' are parts of the rim of an unnamed 55 kilometer wide impact crater, see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/April%206%2C%202013 Streamlined Islands 6-4-13]
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* Suspected remains of a ''larger-than-Kepler'' crater west of '''Kepler''' itself, northeast of '''Kepler D'''. Two small sections of the rim of this suspected crater are still detectable, they were once called '''Kepler Kappa''' and '''Kepler Pi'''. See chart [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/SLC-F4 SLC F4] (''System of Lunar Craters'', 1966).
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* Suspected remains of a ''larger-than-Kepler'' crater west of '''Kepler''' itself, northeast of '''Kepler D'''. Two small sections of the rim of this suspected crater are still detectable, they were once called '''Kepler Kappa''' and '''Kepler Pi'''. See chart [http://the-moon.us/wiki/SLC-F4 SLC F4] (''System of Lunar Craters'', 1966).
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler Johannes Kepler] (December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630), a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works. As a student Kepler wrote a dissertation on the nature of the Moon, and his later [http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/astro-eth/content/titleinfo/87652 book on optics] contains ideas and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iXlZNOHpsVIC&dq=inauthor%3A%22Johannes%20Kepler%22&pg=RA1-PA147#v=onepage&q&f=false observations] of the Moon from the period immediately before the "discovery" of the telescope. Kepler is also credited with writing one of the first science fiction novels -- an imaginary [http://books.google.com/books?id=OdCJAS0eQ64C trip to the Moon].
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler Johannes Kepler] (December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630), a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works. As a student Kepler wrote a dissertation on the nature of the Moon, and his later [http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/astro-eth/content/titleinfo/87652 book on optics] contains ideas and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iXlZNOHpsVIC&dq=inauthor%3A%22Johannes%20Kepler%22&pg=RA1-PA147#v=onepage&q&f=false observations] of the Moon from the period immediately before the "discovery" of the telescope. Kepler is also credited with writing one of the first science fiction novels -- an imaginary [http://books.google.com/books?id=OdCJAS0eQ64C trip to the Moon].
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* This name was introduced in the form '''Keplerus''' by Riccioli. It was modifed to '''Kepler''' by [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler], and all subsequent authors appear to have followed their lead ([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Whitaker Whitaker], pp. 213 and 123).
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* This name was introduced in the form '''Keplerus''' by Riccioli. It was modifed to '''Kepler''' by [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler], and all subsequent authors appear to have followed their lead ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Whitaker Whitaker], pp. 213 and 123).
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* This name was part of the original IAU nomenclature of [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller](1935).
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* This name was part of the original IAU nomenclature of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller](1935).
 
** Portrait (oil on canvas) below is believed to be that of Kepler as he appeared in c.1612 - painted by German artist, Hans von Aachen (1552 - 1615).<br /> [[Image:Johannes_Kepler.jpg|Johannes_Kepler.jpg]]<br />  Credit: Public domain
 
** Portrait (oil on canvas) below is believed to be that of Kepler as he appeared in c.1612 - painted by German artist, Hans von Aachen (1552 - 1615).<br /> [[Image:Johannes_Kepler.jpg|Johannes_Kepler.jpg]]<br />  Credit: Public domain
 
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==LPOD Articles==
 
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/July_5,_2006 A Smarter Kepler]
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* [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060218 Kepler Ahead]
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/February_18,_2006 Kepler Ahead]
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* [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-05-08.htm Splayed Rays]
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/May_8,_2005 Splayed Rays]
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* [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-05-01.htm Rayless Crater]
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/May_1,_2005 Rayless Crater]
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* [http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/04/LPOD-2004-04-30.htm Kepler]
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/March_6,_2007 Delta-Rim Craters]
 
* [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/December%2027%2C%202008 Happy Birthday Johannes]
 
* [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/December%2027%2C%202008 Happy Birthday Johannes]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 16 April 2018

Kepler

Lat: 8.09°N, Long: 38.02°W, Diam: 29.49 km, Depth: 2.7 km, Rükl: 30, Copernican

external image normal_keplerraysb.jpg
Mike Wirths
Kepler at center of image, Kepler A to the east-southeast of it, Kepler C west-northwest of it, Encke south-southeast of it. Kepler F immediately west of Kepler.
Several hills and hillocks north of Kepler once received Greek letter designations. Of them, Kepler Omega is the nearest one.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images Wes Higgins

  • AS12-52-7745 shows an oblique orbital view of Kepler (central), the bowl-shaped crater Kepler A (near the upper right corner), and a little bit of Encke in the lower right corner. Research: Danny Caes.
  • A very impressive orbital photograph of Kepler and its surroundings, made by Lunar Orbiter 3 (Frame 3162), was included on pages 238-239 in the National Geographic of february 1969 (AWESOME VIEWS OF THE FORBIDDING MOONSCAPE; a nine-page portfolio). Research: Danny Caes.
  • Wonderful models (moon dioramas) of crater Kepler and environs were created by Peter Romer of Hungary. Explore his page Crater Kepler and the surrounding area, and Gallery


Maps

(LAC zone 57B4) LAC map Geologic map


Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) KEPLER.--One of the most brilliant objects in the second quadrant,--a ring-plain about 22 miles in diameter, with a lofty border; a peak on the W. attaining an altitude of 10,000 feet above the surface. The wall is much terraced, especially the outer slope on the E., where a narrow valley is easily traceable. Though omitted from the maps, there is a prominent circular depression on the E. border, which forms a distinct notch thereon at sunrise. On the N., the wall exhibits a conspicuous gap. There is a central hill on the floor. Immediately W. of Kepler is a bright plateau, bounded on the N. by a very straight border, with two small craters on its edge. Both these objects are incomplete on the N., as if they had been deformed by a "fault," which has apparently affected the N. end of Kepler also. Kepler is the centre of one of the most extended systems of bright streaks on the moon's visible surface.

Description: Wikipedia

Kepler

Additional Information

  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    • Pike, 1976: 2.7 km
    • Arthur, 1974: 2.75 km
    • Westfall, 2000: 2.7 km
    • Viscardy, 1985: 2.75 km
    • Cherrington, 1969: 2.28 km
  • Central peak height
    • Sekiguchi, 1972:
      • Too small to measure "A low mound, probably the true central peak"
      • 0.2 km "Another mound on the northerly eccentric position of the floor"
      • 0.3 km "The largest mound on the north wall" - fatastronomer
  • West rim slope 42° (Pohn, 1963)
  • Included in ALPO list of bright ray craters
  • Included on the ALPO list of banded craters
  • Kepler and Kepler A are thermal anomaly craters, implying a youthful age - Moore et al, 1980
  • TSI = 30, CPI = 20, FI = 20; MI =70 Smith and Sanchez, 1973
  • The hills and hillocks west of Kepler are parts of the rim of an unnamed 55 kilometer wide impact crater, see LPOD Streamlined Islands 6-4-13
  • Suspected remains of a larger-than-Kepler crater west of Kepler itself, northeast of Kepler D. Two small sections of the rim of this suspected crater are still detectable, they were once called Kepler Kappa and Kepler Pi. See chart SLC F4 (System of Lunar Craters, 1966).


Nomenclature

  • Named for Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630), a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works. As a student Kepler wrote a dissertation on the nature of the Moon, and his later book on optics contains ideas and observations of the Moon from the period immediately before the "discovery" of the telescope. Kepler is also credited with writing one of the first science fiction novels -- an imaginary trip to the Moon.
  • This name was introduced in the form Keplerus by Riccioli. It was modifed to Kepler by Beer and Mädler, and all subsequent authors appear to have followed their lead (Whitaker, pp. 213 and 123).
  • This name was part of the original IAU nomenclature of Blagg and Müller(1935).
    • Portrait (oil on canvas) below is believed to be that of Kepler as he appeared in c.1612 - painted by German artist, Hans von Aachen (1552 - 1615).
      Johannes_Kepler.jpg
      Credit: Public domain


Van Langren's nomenclature

(source: E.A.Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon)
  • Kepler (Van Langren's Thomae D.Sab.).
  • Kepler Gamma (Van Langren's Laucii).
  • Kepler Theta (Van Langren's Garsioli).


LROC Articles


LPOD Articles


Bibliography

Kepler Crater as Seen by SMART-1

The moon's Kepler area in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In: Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
  • Page 237: Excitation of Lunar Luminescence by Solar Activity (Zdenek Kopal and Thomas W. Rackham, Icarus, 1963).

Johannes Kepler in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In: Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
  • Page 180: Abnormal Obscurity of the Moon in the Late Eclipse (S.J.Johnson, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical society, 1884).
  • Page 182: Why was last December's Lunar Eclipse so Dark? (December 30, 1963) (Edward M. Brooks, Sky and Telescope, 1963).


Named Featues -- Prev: Kepínski -- Next: Khvol'son

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