Impact crater — The prominent impact crater Tycho on the Moon. In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body. In most common usage,… … Wikipedia
Arecibo Vallis — Infobox feature on Mercury name= Arecibo Vallis caption=Photograph by MESSENGER showing Arecibo Vallis and nearby craters type=Vallis latitude=27.5 N or S=S longitude=28.4 E or W=W diameter= eponym=Arecibo ObservatoryArecibo Vallis is a valley on … Wikipedia
List of craters on Mercury — This is a list of named craters on Mercury. Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers and artists. Craters larger than 250 km in diameter are referred to as basins .[1] Terminology As on the Moon and Mars, sequences of craters… … Wikipedia
Geoffrey Chaucer — Chaucer redirects here. For other uses, see Chaucer (disambiguation). Geoffrey Chaucer … Wikipedia
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Dante Alighieri — Dante redirects here. For other uses, see Dante (disambiguation). For the ship, see Italian battleship Dante Alighieri. Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri, attributed to Giotto, in the chapel of the Bargello palace in Florence. This oldest picture… … Wikipedia
Gheorghe Asachi — This article is about the scholar Gheorge Asachi. For the university, see Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi. Gheorghe Asachi Gheorghe Asachi (portrait by Constantin Daniel Stahi) Born March 1, 1788 Hertsa … Wikipedia
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France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium