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heveliuses

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He⋅ve⋅li⋅us

[huh-vey-lee-uhs; Ger. hey-vey-lee-oos]
–noun
1. Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke), 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 mi. (160 km) in diameter.
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