Aepinus is a small
lunar
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Lunar may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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impact crater located along the northern lunar limb, close to the north pole of the Moon. To the south east is the prominent crater
Hermite
Charles Hermite () FRS FRSE MIAS (24 December 1822 – 14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who did research concerning number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.
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This crater was unnamed until it was given a name along with 18 other craters by the
IAU
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach ...
on January 22, 2009. It was named after the German-Russian astronomer
Franz Aepinus
Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (13 December 172410 August 1802) was a German mathematician, scientist, and natural philosopher residing in the Russian Empire. Aepinus is best known for his researches, theoretical and experimental, in electricity an ...
(c. 1724 – c. 1802).
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Impact craters on the Moon
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