Promontory Laplace

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Promontory Laplace
Promontorium Laplace (Moon North Pole Region)
Promontory Laplace
position 46.81 °  N , 25.54 °  W Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '36 "  N , 25 ° 32' 24"  W.
diameter 50 km
See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

The Promontorium Laplace or Cape Laplace is one of the two capes at the ends of the Montes Jura on the edge of the Sinus Iridum on the moon . Cape Laplace is north of Sinus Iridum, opposite the second Cape Promontorium Heraclides (Cape Heraclides). It is named after the French astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace .

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