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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=691&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_spencer-jones-clem1.jpg|external image normal_spencer-jones-clem1.jpg]]][[Image:Spencer_Jones.jpg|Spencer_Jones.jpg]]<br /> left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-691 Clementine] .'' right: ''LROC'' '''Spencer Jones''' center, eroded '''Papaleksi''' at bottom left<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Spencer%20Jones LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Spencer%20Jones%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Spencer%20Jones Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Spencer%20Jones LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Spencer%20Jones%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Spencer%20Jones Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
| − | * <u>Warning:</u> on the LPI's red labeled scan of Lunar Orbiter image [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/ii_034_m.jpg II-034-M], the name [http://the-moon. | + | * <u>Warning:</u> on the LPI's red labeled scan of Lunar Orbiter image [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/ii_034_m.jpg II-034-M], the name [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Zernike Zernike] is misprinted at the position of '''Spencer Jones W''', northwest of '''Spencer Jones''' itself. |
* <u>Warning:</u> Apollo 13's frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-62-8915 AS13-62-8915] to [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-62-8923 8923] don't show '''Spencer Jones''' because at that time it (that crater) was already in the nocturnal part of the local sunset terminator. | * <u>Warning:</u> Apollo 13's frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-62-8915 AS13-62-8915] to [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS13-62-8923 8923] don't show '''Spencer Jones''' because at that time it (that crater) was already in the nocturnal part of the local sunset terminator. | ||
** Research: Danny Caes | ** Research: Danny Caes | ||
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==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 67B2)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_67.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Spencer_Jones Sir Harold Spencer Jones] (March 29, 1890 - November 3, 1960), a British astronomer. His correct surname is "Jones" but he preferred including his middle name as part of it. Spencer Jones was the [http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/spencerjones/ Bruce Medalist] for 1949, and much additional information about him can be found on that site. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Spencer_Jones Sir Harold Spencer Jones] (March 29, 1890 - November 3, 1960), a British astronomer. His correct surname is "Jones" but he preferred including his middle name as part of it. Spencer Jones was the [http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/spencerjones/ Bruce Medalist] for 1949, and much additional information about him can be found on that site. | ||
| − | * '''Spencer Jones''' was among the long list of farside names published in [http://the-moon. | + | * '''Spencer Jones''' was among the long list of farside names published in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Menzel%2C%201971#SPENCER%20JONES Menzel, 1971]. |
* '''Jones''' is the name of one of the small craterlets on the '''Taurus-Littrow Valley''', aka the landingsite of Apollo 17. '''Jones''' (crater) - "Named for John Paul Jones (1747-1792), Scottish-born naval hero of the American Revolution who established his adopted country as a seafaring nation which was, eventually, without peer." (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones). | * '''Jones''' is the name of one of the small craterlets on the '''Taurus-Littrow Valley''', aka the landingsite of Apollo 17. '''Jones''' (crater) - "Named for John Paul Jones (1747-1792), Scottish-born naval hero of the American Revolution who established his adopted country as a seafaring nation which was, eventually, without peer." (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones). | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:18, 16 April 2018
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Spencer Jones
| Lat: 13.3°N, Long: 165.6°E, Diam: 85 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
left: Clementine . right: LROC Spencer Jones center, eroded Papaleksi at bottom left
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Warning: on the LPI's red labeled scan of Lunar Orbiter image II-034-M, the name Zernike is misprinted at the position of Spencer Jones W, northwest of Spencer Jones itself.
- Warning: Apollo 13's frames AS13-62-8915 to 8923 don't show Spencer Jones because at that time it (that crater) was already in the nocturnal part of the local sunset terminator.
- Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 67B2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for Sir Harold Spencer Jones (March 29, 1890 - November 3, 1960), a British astronomer. His correct surname is "Jones" but he preferred including his middle name as part of it. Spencer Jones was the Bruce Medalist for 1949, and much additional information about him can be found on that site.
- Spencer Jones was among the long list of farside names published in Menzel, 1971.
- Jones is the name of one of the small craterlets on the Taurus-Littrow Valley, aka the landingsite of Apollo 17. Jones (crater) - "Named for John Paul Jones (1747-1792), Scottish-born naval hero of the American Revolution who established his adopted country as a seafaring nation which was, eventually, without peer." (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones).
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