page_title: Copernicus (lunar crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Copernicus (lunar crater)
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Кратер Коперник на Місяці. Мозаїка знімків космічного апарату Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, зроблених ширококутньою камерою (WAC). Розмір зображення&#160;— 150×150&#160;км, північ угорі. English: Crater Copernicus on the Moon. Mosaic of photos by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, made with Wide Angle Camera. Size of the image is 150×150&#160;km, north is up.
context_page_description: Copernicus is a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system.
  It may have been created by debris from the breakup of the parent body of asteroid 495 Eulalia 800 million years ago.
context_section_description: Copernicus is a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system.
  It may have been created by debris from the breakup of the parent body of asteroid 495 Eulalia 800 million years ago.
caption: Mosaic of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images
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