Clavius

British

/ ˈkleɪvɪəs /

noun

one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant

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A couple of years ago, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy detected water molecules in the Clavius Crater, one of the largest lunar craters visible from Earth.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2022

Clavius encounters Yeshua again beside the Sea of Galilee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2016

This is the case when Clavius meets Yeshua himself — a beatific and groovy Cliff Curtis, and his tribe of merry men.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2016

Clavius is just an agent of his bosses, carrying out tasks with the hopes of eventually making it to Rome, where he hopes to find wealth, power and a good family.

From Washington Times • Feb. 18, 2016

Clavius was really arguing with the dead, not the living.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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