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| − | + | [[Image:Nansen.jpg|Nansen.jpg]][http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Nansen_Clementine_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Nansen_Clementine_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Nansen_Clementine_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''left: '''LROC'''''<br /> ''right: [http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-3054 Clementine]'' '''Nansen''' is in the center with 16-km diameter '''Nansen U''' on its west rim and 25 km [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Houssay Houssay] on its north rim..<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Nansen LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Nansen%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Nansen LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Nansen%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 1D3)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_1.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br /> [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4142 IAU page]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansen_%28lunar_crater%29 Nansen]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansen_%28lunar_crater%29 Nansen]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [http://the-moon. | + | * Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database] |
** Westfall, 2000: 4.27 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 4.27 km | ||
| − | * [http://the-moon. | + | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Central%20peak%20composition Central peak composition]: A ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tompkins%20%26%20Pieters%2C%201999 Tompkins & Pieters, 1999]) |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Nansen Fridtjof Nansen] (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Nansen Fridtjof Nansen] (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer. | ||
| − | * Name originally proposed by P.Moore; shifted to a different crater in ''[http://the-moon. | + | * Name originally proposed by P.Moore; shifted to a different crater in ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas]'' (1963) and approved by [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU IAU] in 1964 ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Whitaker Whitaker], p. 235). |
| − | * The much smaller astronaut-named feature [http://the-moon. | + | * The much smaller astronaut-named feature [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Nansen-Apollo Nansen-Apollo], at the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 landing site], honors the same person. |
| − | * According to H. P. Wilkins and P. Moore's book ''[http://the-moon. | + | * According to H. P. Wilkins and P. Moore's book ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Wilkins%20and%20Moore The Moon]'' there should be a limb-crater called '''Esquivel''', beyond [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Nansen Nansen]. The IAU did not accept the name Esquivel. Pedro Esquivel was a Spanish geographer (circa 1550). |
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Latest revision as of 02:07, 16 April 2018
Contents
Nansen
| Lat: 80.9°N, Long: 95.3°E, Diam: 104 km, Depth: 4.27 km, Rükl: (farside) |
left: LROC
right: Clementine Nansen is in the center with 16-km diameter Nansen U on its west rim and 25 km Houssay on its north rim..
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 1D3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
IAU page
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 4.27 km
- Central peak composition: A (Tompkins & Pieters, 1999)
Nomenclature
- Named for Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer.
- Name originally proposed by P.Moore; shifted to a different crater in Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 (Whitaker, p. 235).
- The much smaller astronaut-named feature Nansen-Apollo, at the Apollo 17 landing site, honors the same person.
- According to H. P. Wilkins and P. Moore's book The Moon there should be a limb-crater called Esquivel, beyond Nansen. The IAU did not accept the name Esquivel. Pedro Esquivel was a Spanish geographer (circa 1550).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Fridtjof Nansen in the Sourcebook Project (Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows, and related electromagnetic phenomena, William R. Corliss, 1984):
- The Winter Night (Farthest North, 1897) (Optical Effects Where Halo Displays Touch the Horizon).
- We Prepare for the Sledge Expedition (Farthest North, 1897) (Unexplained Magnetic Disturbances).
