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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to
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728:Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995).
672:(Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 205.
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959:; Bonnell, Jerry (December 10, 2016).
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242:under the name "Mons Libanus", after
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749:McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007).
630:Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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707:The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
187:(1898) - North is faced downward
887:(6th revised ed.). Dover.
691:Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature
155:and just to the northeast lies
909:. Cambridge University Press.
837:. Cambridge University Press.
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835:The Moon Observer's Handbook
907:Mapping and Naming the Moon
670:Mapping and Naming the Moon
657:Mapping and Naming the Moon
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983:Impact craters on the Moon
711:Cambridge University Press
924:Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000).
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147:. The distorted crater
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626:"Purbach (crater)"
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857:Atlas of the Moon
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185:Lunar Atlas
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52:Coordinates
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760:2007-10-24
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612:References
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266:Longitude
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269:Diameter
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260:Purbach
91:Diameter
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236:Walther
200:Lunar X
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