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[[Image:EA_Whitaker_1960.jpg|EA_Whitaker_1960.jpg]] from [/LPL Whitaker, 1985] p. 24 (see also p.26)<br />  
 
[[Image:EA_Whitaker_1960.jpg|EA_Whitaker_1960.jpg]] from [/LPL Whitaker, 1985] p. 24 (see also p.26)<br />  
* [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-07-29.htm Whitaker & Kuiper LPOD]
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/July_29,_2004 Whitaker & Kuiper LPOD]
 
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===Video===
 
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[http://uanews.org/node/26450 Apollo Program Veterans Revisit Moon Landing] -- Whitaker is second of three interviewees<br /> <br />  
 
[http://uanews.org/node/26450 Apollo Program Veterans Revisit Moon Landing] -- Whitaker is second of three interviewees<br /> <br />  
 
===Ewen Whitaker and Surveyor 3===
 
===Ewen Whitaker and Surveyor 3===
  Thanks to Ewen Whitaker, astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean (Apollo 12) landed their Lunar Module ''Intrepid'' very near the landingsite of Surveyor 3 at the ''Surveyor crater'' which was part of the ''Snowman'' (a cluster of small craters more-or-less snowman shaped). Ewen Whitaker discovered the pinpoint spot of Surveyor 3 on Lunar Orbiter photographs. See also the page [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Apollo%2012%20Site Apollo 12 Site].<br /> <br />  
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  Thanks to Ewen Whitaker, astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean (Apollo 12) landed their Lunar Module ''Intrepid'' very near the landingsite of Surveyor 3 at the ''Surveyor crater'' which was part of the ''Snowman'' (a cluster of small craters more-or-less snowman shaped). Ewen Whitaker discovered the pinpoint spot of Surveyor 3 on Lunar Orbiter photographs. See also the page [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo%2012%20Site Apollo 12 Site].<br /> <br />  
 
===Birth & Death===
 
===Birth & Death===
 
  22 June 1922 - 11 October 2016 (aged 94).<br /> <br />  
 
  22 June 1922 - 11 October 2016 (aged 94).<br /> <br />  

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Ewen Whitaker

(Lunar scientist)

Table of Contents

[#Ewen Whitaker Ewen Whitaker]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Lunar Work Lunar Work]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Where & When Where & When]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information Personal Information]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information-Photo Photo]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information-Video Video]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information-Ewen Whitaker and Surveyor 3 Ewen Whitaker and Surveyor 3]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information-Birth & Death Birth & Death]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information-Education Education]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Personal Information-Current Contact Information/Websites Current Contact Information/Websites]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Publications Publications]
[#Ewen Whitaker-Additional Information Additional Information]

Lunar Work

A founding member of the [/LPL Lunar and Planetary Laboratory] at the University of Arizona, this British-born American scientist was one of the leading experts on lunar nomenclature. Formerly Director of the Lunar Section of the [/BAA BAA] and 1982 recipient of its Walter Goodacre Medal. He was best known for his popular 1999 [/Whitaker history] on lunar mapping, and he personally assigned all the current IAU-approved [/satellite%20feature letter designations] for farside craters.

Where & When

See Wikipedia entry.

Personal Information

Photo

EA_Whitaker_1960.jpg from [/LPL Whitaker, 1985] p. 24 (see also p.26)


Video

Apollo Program Veterans Revisit Moon Landing -- Whitaker is second of three interviewees

Ewen Whitaker and Surveyor 3

Thanks to Ewen Whitaker, astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean (Apollo 12) landed their Lunar Module Intrepid very near the landingsite of Surveyor 3 at the Surveyor crater which was part of the Snowman (a cluster of small craters more-or-less snowman shaped). Ewen Whitaker discovered the pinpoint spot of Surveyor 3 on Lunar Orbiter photographs. See also the page Apollo 12 Site.

Birth & Death

22 June 1922 - 11 October 2016 (aged 94).

Education


Current Contact Information/Websites

Retired. Lives in Tuscon, Arizona.

Publications

  • Coauthor: [/Photographic%20Lunar%20Atlas Photographic Lunar Atlas] (1960)
  • Coauthor: [/Orthographic%20Atlas%20of%20the%20Moon Orthographic Atlas of the Moon] (1960)
  • Coauthor: [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] (1963)
  • Coauthor: [/Consolidated%20Lunar%20Atlas Consolidated Lunar Atlas] (1967)
  • Coauthor: [/NASA%20SP-241 Atlas and Gazetteer of the Near Side of the Moon] (1971)
  • Coauthor: [/NASA%20RP-1097 NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature] (1982)
  • Author: [/LPL The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory: Its founding and early years] (1985, contains considerable biographical information)
  • Author: [/Whitaker Mapping and Naming the Moon] (1999)


Additional Information

  • Wikipedia entry
  • Ewen's [/Invalid%20Names list of Invalid Names] on NASA charts
  • Photographs of Ewen Whitaker and other lunar scientists in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, February 1969, Pages 212 and 213 (- Moon men -).



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