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Feature on the moon

Houssay
Coordinates	83°00′N 98°30′E / 83.0°N 98.5°E / 83.0; 98.5
Diameter	24.5 km
Eponym	Bernardo Houssay

Houssay is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located to the northeast of and directly adjacent to crater Nansen. Houssay was adopted and named after the Argentinian physiologist Bernardo Houssay by the IAU in 2009.

References

"Houssay". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
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Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.

External links

LAC-1 area - Map of northern lunar pole

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