Clavius

/ ˈkleɪvɪəs /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Clavius says that “the whole Sun was not eclipsed but that there was left a bright circle all round.”

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Good Father Clavius declared that "to see satellites of Jupiter, men had to make an instrument which would create them."

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We then arrived at that favourite object for telescopic observers which is named Clavius.

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The giant enclosure Clavius, the lagoon-like Plato and ash-strewn Copernicus held their attention.

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It has been frequently printed, and was even thought worthy of a commentary by Clavius.

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