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Mensa (Table Mountain, Mons Mensa, Men)
subject			fact

Mensa	is a part of celestial sphere
	has historical image
	has genitive Mensae
	has synonym Table Mountain
	has synonym Mons Mensa
	has historical origin named after the table mountain near de Lacaille's observatory in Cape Town
	has acronym Men
	is an instance of constellation named by de Lacaille
constellation named by de Lacaille	is named by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
constellation	has boundary defined in equatorial coordinates
	is a part of celestial sphere
	has component asterism
	has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions
equatorial sky area	is defined using equatorial coordinates
quantity	has unit
number	has value

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