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Extraterrestrial LocationsWilliam Shakespeare - Shakespeare Crater

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The Shakespeare Crater on the planet Mercury is named after the playwright William Shakespeare. This bust of Shakespeare is located in the Stowe Landscape Gardens.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree

location: South East England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/11/2010

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsErwin Schrödinger - a crater on the far side of the Moon / a bust in Vienna, Austria

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Crater Schroedinger is a lunar impact crater named after a famous Austrian theoretical physicist. Schroedinger's bust is located in the courtyard arcade of the University of Vienna.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member BakaGaijin

location: Wien, Austria

date approved: 11/11/2009

last visited: 11/13/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsNeptune Statue - Sarasota, FL

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One of many sculptures on display in this historic Sarasota district. The god of the sea and namesake of Neptune the planet.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc

location: Florida

date approved: 10/28/2009

last visited: 3/7/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsIn Honor of Christopher Columbus - Columbo Lunar Crater

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Columbo Crater is a lunar impact crater named after Christopher Columbus. The statue of Christopher Columbus is located in Denver, CO.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Go Boilers!

location: Colorado

date approved: 10/20/2009

last visited: 5/20/2010

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Extraterrestrial LocationsOuter Space Community - Levittown, NY

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Intersection of Satellite Lane and Comet Lane, Levittown, NY

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member muffy53

location: New York

date approved: 9/28/2009

last visited: 9/25/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsSpaced Out Community - Levittown, NY

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Intersection of Constellation Road and Astronomy Lane - Levittown, NY

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member muffy53

location: New York

date approved: 9/28/2009

last visited: 9/25/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsNeptune Fountain - Italy - Epcot

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This fountain's centerpiece is Neptune, god of the sea and namesake of Neptune the planet.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc

location: Florida

date approved: 9/22/2009

last visited: 10/17/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsChristopher Columbus - Columbo Lunar Crater; Statue in Central Park

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Columbo Crater is a lunar impact crater named after Christopher Columbus. The statue of Christopher Columbus is located in Central Park in New York City, New York, USA.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: New York

date approved: 8/4/2009

last visited: 12/14/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsShakespeare Statue - Shakespeare quadrangle -Mercury

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Shakespeare quadrangle on Mercury, named after William Shakespeare playwright. The Shakespeare Memorial is a statue group imortalising the famous playwright, William Shakespeare, in Sydney, Australia.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member paulspaper

location: New South Wales, Australia

date approved: 7/14/2009

last visited: 10/16/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsFranklin Crater - Ben Franklin Statue

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A sit-by-me statue of Ben Franklin in downtown Smithfield, Va.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fatcat161

location: Virginia

date approved: 7/9/2009

last visited: 1/25/2010

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Extraterrestrial LocationsRichard-Wagner-Platz in Nuremberg - Wagner Crater on Mercury

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The Wagner Crater on Mercury is located S 67° 24' W 114° 00'. The Richard-Wagner-Platz in Nuremberg is a well-known place by locals.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member numakeh

location: Bayern, Germany

date approved: 7/8/2009

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsAstronomical Neighborhood, Colorado Springs

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A neighborhood with streets named after stars, planets, and galaxies

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ronjean

location: Colorado

date approved: 4/21/2009

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsLowell Lunar Crater - Lowell, MA

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The Lowell Crater on the moon was named for the astronomer Percival Lowell, a member of the Boston Brahmin Lowell family.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Team Farkle 7

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 4/12/2009

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsJames Lick - Statue and Observatory in California - Lunar Crater and Asteroid

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A lunar crater and an asteroid, both named after the founder of the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Bernd das Brot Team

location: California

date approved: 4/9/2009

last visited: 10/9/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsPasteur Lunar Crater - Louis Pasteur Memorial - Chicago, IL

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The Pasteur Crater is located on the moon. The Louis Pasteur Statue is located outside the Cook County Hospital.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member GT.US

location: Illinois

date approved: 3/8/2009

last visited: 5/12/2008

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Extraterrestrial LocationsLowell Lunar Crater - Lowell Observatory - Flagstaff, AZ

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The Lowell Crater on the moon was named for the astronomer Percival Lowell.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DopeyDuck

location: Arizona

date approved: 1/23/2009

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsJupiter the planet and Jupiter the town

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The 5th planet and this town share a namesake.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member BONSAIRAD

location: Florida

date approved: 1/23/2009

last visited: 3/30/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsCarl and Gerty Cori - Cori Lunar Crater - St. Louis, Missouri

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Star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame honoring Nobel Laureates Carl and Gerty Cori.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Missouri

date approved: 12/13/2008

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsGiuseppe Verdi - Verdi Crater - San Francisco, CA

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The Verdi Crater on Mercury is named after Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: California

date approved: 11/27/2008

last visited: 1/1/2010

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Extraterrestrial LocationsBran the Blessed - Harlech, Wales, UK

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A crater on the Jovian moon Callisto is named after Bran the Blessed (or Bendigeidfran).

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme

location: North Wales, United Kingdom

date approved: 10/21/2008

last visited: never

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Extraterrestrial LocationsTriton Fountain - Eldorado Casino - Reno, NV

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A large, eloborate fountain in the Eldorado Casino in Reno.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: Nevada

date approved: 9/9/2008

last visited: 5/7/2010

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Extraterrestrial LocationsEinstein Crater and Satellite Features - The Moon - University of Oregon

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On the east side of the moon you can find Crater Einstein. The earthbound counterparts bust is located on the east side of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member TheBeanTeam

location: Oregon

date approved: 8/19/2008

last visited: 8/19/2008

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Extraterrestrial LocationsDnoces - Iota Ursae Majoris - Edward H. White II - West Point, New York

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Grave of Edward H. White II, astronaut and first American to walk in space, located in the West Point Cemetery at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Dnoces a star in the in the Big Dipper is named after him.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: New York

date approved: 8/9/2008

last visited: 8/5/2009

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Extraterrestrial LocationsSharon Christa McAuliffe - McAuliffe Crater – Venus – Houston, Texas

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A member of the Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Mission STS-51-L, Sharon Christa McAuliffe was died tragically on lift-off as the shuttle suffered a catastrophic failure of an o-ring on a solid rocket booster 73 seconds into the flight.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member wildwoodke

location: Texas

date approved: 7/31/2008

last visited: 3/13/2010

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Extraterrestrial LocationsPierre Curie, Paris - Curie Lunar Crater

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Pierre Curie (May 15, 1859 – died April 19, 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. Curie is a large lunar crater, much of which lies on the far side of the Moon as seen from Earth.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RakeInTheCache

location: France

date approved: 7/26/2008

last visited: never

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