Letronne

[ li-trohn ]

noun

1. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (100 km) in diameter.

Example Sentences

According to the calculations of Letronne, the Great Pyramid must have been 482 feet high when it was complete.

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These words, as Letronne remarked à propos of this passage, combine the ideas of a tiled roof and of one with a ridge.

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These observations are to be found in one of the early works of Letronne.

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Letronne supposes Thisica to be meant, mentioned by Ptolemy, iv.

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Letronne translates Πτολεμαῒς πρὸς τῇ θήρᾳ as Ptolemaïs Epitheras; see c. iv.

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