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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Banting LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Banting%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Linne%20E Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Banting LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Banting%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Linne%20E Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/597 Banting] | * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/597 Banting] | ||
| − | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher% | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 1.13 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 1.13 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 1.1 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 1.1 km | ||
| − | * From the length of the shadows in AS15-M-0406, the depth of the crater floor (relative to the east rim) varies from about 1070-1120 m. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * From the length of the shadows in AS15-M-0406, the depth of the crater floor (relative to the east rim) varies from about 1070-1120 m. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
* Slightly southeast of '''Banting''' is a curious craterlet with 270° ejecta blanket around it (located at 25°50' North/ 17°20' East). There's a 90° "corner" of untouched terrain westward of it. This craterlet is described and depicted in ''NASA SP-362, [[NASA%20SP-362|Apollo Over the Moon]]'', Chapter 5: Craters ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch5.2.htm Part 2]), Figure 112. Detection of the craterlet's exact location: Danny Caes (who calls it the '''''Pacman'''''). See also LROC article [http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/438 Nature's Art]. | * Slightly southeast of '''Banting''' is a curious craterlet with 270° ejecta blanket around it (located at 25°50' North/ 17°20' East). There's a 90° "corner" of untouched terrain westward of it. This craterlet is described and depicted in ''NASA SP-362, [[NASA%20SP-362|Apollo Over the Moon]]'', Chapter 5: Craters ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch5.2.htm Part 2]), Figure 112. Detection of the craterlet's exact location: Danny Caes (who calls it the '''''Pacman'''''). See also LROC article [http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/438 Nature's Art]. | ||
| − | * To explore the LTO's extreme close-up of the '''''Pacman''''' southeast of '''Banting''', add '''Longitude 17.35''' and '''Latitude 25.875''' in the LRO's [http://target.lroc.asu.edu/da/qmap.html ACT-REACT Quick Map].<span class="membersnap">- | + | * To explore the LTO's extreme close-up of the '''''Pacman''''' southeast of '''Banting''', add '''Longitude 17.35''' and '''Latitude 25.875''' in the LRO's [http://target.lroc.asu.edu/da/qmap.html ACT-REACT Quick Map].<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Aug 20, 2011</small></span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Grant_Banting Frederick Grant Banting] (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941), a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. Banting was widely esteemed in Canada as the first Canadian to achieve worldwide scientific fame. The Canadian government gave him a lifetime grant for his research. In 1934 King George V bestowed a knighthood on him, making him Sir Frederick Banting. | * Named for Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Grant_Banting Frederick Grant Banting] (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941), a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. Banting was widely esteemed in Canada as the first Canadian to achieve worldwide scientific fame. The Canadian government gave him a lifetime grant for his research. In 1934 King George V bestowed a knighthood on him, making him Sir Frederick Banting. | ||
| − | * This replacement name for a formerly [[lettered%20crater|lettered crater]] was introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto42a3_1/ LTO-42A3] (for which it served as the chart title). <span class="membersnap">- | + | * This replacement name for a formerly [[lettered%20crater|lettered crater]] was introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto42a3_1/ LTO-42A3] (for which it served as the chart title). <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
* Biographical information for the new name appears in [[Ashbrook%2C%201974|Ashbrook, 1974]]. | * Biographical information for the new name appears in [[Ashbrook%2C%201974|Ashbrook, 1974]]. | ||
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Banting
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Lat: 26.57°N, Long: 16.42°E, Diam: 5.15 km, Depth: 1.13 km, Rükl: 23 |
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- IAU page: Banting
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 1.13 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.1 km
- From the length of the shadows in AS15-M-0406, the depth of the crater floor (relative to the east rim) varies from about 1070-1120 m. - Jim Mosher
- Slightly southeast of Banting is a curious craterlet with 270° ejecta blanket around it (located at 25°50' North/ 17°20' East). There's a 90° "corner" of untouched terrain westward of it. This craterlet is described and depicted in NASA SP-362, Apollo Over the Moon, Chapter 5: Craters (Part 2), Figure 112. Detection of the craterlet's exact location: Danny Caes (who calls it the Pacman). See also LROC article Nature's Art.
- To explore the LTO's extreme close-up of the Pacman southeast of Banting, add Longitude 17.35 and Latitude 25.875 in the LRO's ACT-REACT Quick Map.- DannyCaes Aug 20, 2011
Nomenclature
- Named for Sir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941), a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. Banting was widely esteemed in Canada as the first Canadian to achieve worldwide scientific fame. The Canadian government gave him a lifetime grant for his research. In 1934 King George V bestowed a knighthood on him, making him Sir Frederick Banting.
- This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced on LTO-42A3 (for which it served as the chart title). - Jim Mosher
- Biographical information for the new name appears in Ashbrook, 1974.
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