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We think that all the craters were formed by meteor strikes.

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Q: What caused the Copernicus crater?
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Is the Copernicus Crater a Volcanic crater?

No. Copernicus crater is an impact crater.


Crater on the moon is the same distance across as the journey from Walt Whitman's 1884 house?

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How can you tell that Copernicus is a young crater?

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What does Copernicus mean?

It basically means a conspicious crater on the moonAnswer:The lunar crater was named after Copernicus the astronomer. His name in turn, can be traced to a village in Silesia called Kopernik where his father came from. Families often took the name of their place of origin as their family name.


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