Houssay (crater)

Coordinates: 83°00′N 98°30′E / 83.0°N 98.5°E / 83.0; 98.5
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Houssay
Coordinates83°00′N 98°30′E / 83.0°N 98.5°E / 83.0; 98.5
Diameter24.5 km
EponymBernardo 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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  1. ^ "Houssay". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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