It's not Lennon's first celestial honor. On Oct. 9, 2009, the International Lunar Geographic Society announced that a crater on the moon had been renamed to honor the late Beatles star on his birthday. The crater, located in the moon's Lacus Somniorum ("Lake of Dreams") district, was given the designation the John Lennon Peace Crater.
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