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| − | Lat: 17.7°N, Long: 33.8°E, Diam: 18 km, Depth: 2.93 km, [ | + | Lat: 17.7°N, Long: 33.8°E, Diam: 18 km, Depth: 2.93 km, [[R%C3%BCkl%2025|Rükl: 25]]<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Gardner_LO_IV-073H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Gardner_LO_IV-073H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Gardner_LO_IV-073H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2470 LO-IV-073H]''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Gardner LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Gardner%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vitruvius%20A Apollo Images]<br /> Apollo 15's orbital oblique southward look at '''Gardner''', captured in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-9285 AS15-P-9285]. '''Gardner''' is the distinct crater near the frame's leftward margin.<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Gardner LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Gardner%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vitruvius%20A Apollo Images]<br /> Apollo 15's orbital oblique southward look at '''Gardner''', captured in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-9285 AS15-P-9285]. '''Gardner''' is the distinct crater near the frame's leftward margin.<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 43D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac43/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I799/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto43d4_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_(crater) Gardner]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_(crater) Gardner]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 2.93 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 2.93 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 3 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 3 km | ||
* The shadow in LO-IV-073H indicates the height of the east wall varies from about 2,150 to 3,100 m above the floor (increasing to the north). | * The shadow in LO-IV-073H indicates the height of the east wall varies from about 2,150 to 3,100 m above the floor (increasing to the north). | ||
| − | * '''Gardner''' is on the north edge of an elevated area informally known as the "[ | + | * '''Gardner''' is on the north edge of an elevated area informally known as the "[[Gardner%20megadome|Gardner megadome]]". |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Irvine Clifton; American physicist (1889-1972). | * Irvine Clifton; American physicist (1889-1972). | ||
| − | * This replacement name for a formerly [ | + | * This replacement name for a formerly [[lettered%20crater|lettered crater]] was introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto43d4_1/ LTO-43D4]. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Gardner Dale A. Gardner] (1948-2014, NASA Space Shuttle astronaut). | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Gardner Dale A. Gardner] (1948-2014, NASA Space Shuttle astronaut). | ||
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* Page 669: '''Gardner's Hypothesis and the Michelson-Morley Experiment''' (J.L.Synge, Nature, 1952). | * Page 669: '''Gardner's Hypothesis and the Michelson-Morley Experiment''' (J.L.Synge, Nature, 1952). | ||
| − | <u>Note</u>: I'm not a scientist, I'm just a dedicated explorer of biographies (of scientists) and I would like to know if this '''Gardner''' is the same as the IAU's (see Nomenclature section above).<span class="membersnap">- | + | <u>Note</u>: I'm not a scientist, I'm just a dedicated explorer of biographies (of scientists) and I would like to know if this '''Gardner''' is the same as the IAU's (see Nomenclature section above).<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Mar 21, 2015</small></span><br /> |
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Latest revision as of 01:49, 16 April 2018
Contents
Gardner
(formerly Vitruvius A)
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Lat: 17.7°N, Long: 33.8°E, Diam: 18 km, Depth: 2.93 km, Rükl: 25 |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Apollo 15's orbital oblique southward look at Gardner, captured in AS15-P-9285. Gardner is the distinct crater near the frame's leftward margin.
Research Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 43D4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 2.93 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 3 km
- The shadow in LO-IV-073H indicates the height of the east wall varies from about 2,150 to 3,100 m above the floor (increasing to the north).
- Gardner is on the north edge of an elevated area informally known as the "Gardner megadome".
Nomenclature
- Irvine Clifton; American physicist (1889-1972).
- This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced on LTO-43D4. - Jim Mosher
- Dale A. Gardner (1948-2014, NASA Space Shuttle astronaut).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
A certain Gardner in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)
- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
- Page 669: Gardner's Hypothesis and the Michelson-Morley Experiment (J.L.Synge, Nature, 1952).
Note: I'm not a scientist, I'm just a dedicated explorer of biographies (of scientists) and I would like to know if this Gardner is the same as the IAU's (see Nomenclature section above).- DannyCaes Mar 21, 2015
