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Aitken (crater) Aitken is a large lunar crater, lunar impact crater that lies on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon, named for Robert Grant Aitken, an American astronomer specializing in binary stellar systems. It is located to the southeast of the cra ...
, a crater on the Moon, named after
Robert Grant Aitken Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 – October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer. Early life and education Robert Grant Aitken was born in Jackson, California, to Scottish immigrant Robert Aitken and Wilhelmina Depinau. Aitken atten ...
(1864–1951), an American astronomer * South Pole–Aitken basin, an immense impact crater on the far side of the Moon. At roughly in diameter and deep, it is one of the largest known impact craters in the Solar System. It is the largest, oldest, and deepest basin recognized on the Moon; named for two features on opposite sides of the basin: the crater Aitken on the northern end and the lunar south pole at the other end. * Aitken's delta-squared process *
Aitken (surname) The surname Aitken is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name ''Aitken'', which is in turn a form of the name '' Adam''. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 its frequency was highest in Peeblesshire (23.6 tim ...
, people with the surname ''Aitken''


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Aitkin (disambiguation) Aitkin may refer to: Place names In the United States: *Aitkin County, Minnesota **Aitkin, Minnesota, a city in the county **Aitkin Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, a township in the county **Aitkin High School, Aitkin, Minnesota People with t ...
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