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Clavius

(ˈkleɪvɪəs)

(Astronomy) 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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Christopher Clavius, a German astronomer, advised Pope Gregory that the Julian calendar was off by 3 days every 400 years.

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