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* The shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4193 LO-IV-193H], suggest that at some points the east rim of '''Le Gentil''' is more than 5000 m above the floor. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span> | * The shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4193 LO-IV-193H], suggest that at some points the east rim of '''Le Gentil''' is more than 5000 m above the floor. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span> | ||
| − | * The southeastern sunlit inner slope of '''[http://the-moon. | + | * The southeastern sunlit inner slope of '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/file/detail/Rukl_72_satellites_SW.jpg Le Gentil A]''' is partially visible near the lower right corner of [http://www.dlr.de/en/Portaldata/1/Resources/veranstaltungen/sternstunden/1mond1220.jpg this photograph] which shows the region along the 50° West meridian at LAC 136 in the ''[/Clementine%20Atlas Clementine Atlas]'' (looking southward). The "flap" which is hanging off the lady's table is located at 75° South/ 50° West. Research: Danny Caes and John Moore. |
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Revision as of 19:22, 11 April 2018
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Le Gentil
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Lat: 74.6°S, Long: 75.7°W, Diam: 128 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2072 Rükl 72] |
Table of Contents
[#Le Gentil Le Gentil]
[#Le Gentil-Images Images]
[#Le Gentil-Maps Maps]
[#Le Gentil-Description Description]
[#Le Gentil-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Le Gentil-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Le Gentil-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Le Gentil-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Le Gentil-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Le Gentil-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-193H
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 136D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Elger
([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) LEGENTIL.--A large walled-plain, close to the limb, S. of [/Bailly Bailly].
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- The shadows in LO-IV-193H, suggest that at some points the east rim of Le Gentil is more than 5000 m above the floor. - JimMosher JimMosher
- The southeastern sunlit inner slope of Le Gentil A is partially visible near the lower right corner of this photograph which shows the region along the 50° West meridian at LAC 136 in the [/Clementine%20Atlas Clementine Atlas] (looking southward). The "flap" which is hanging off the lady's table is located at 75° South/ 50° West. Research: Danny Caes and John Moore.
Nomenclature
- Named for Guillaume Hyazinthe Le Gentil (1725-1792), a French astronomer. One of his interesting findings was that the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30 August 1765 was predicted by a Tamil astronomer, based on the computation of the size and extent of the earth-shadow (going back to Aryabhata, 5th c.), and was found short by 41 seconds, whereas the charts of Tobias Mayer were long by 68 seconds.
- This feature was catalog entry 2665 in the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller], where it is spelled Legentil. The name is attributed to Schröter.
- Kuiper (in his [/PLA%20Table%20III Photographic Lunar Atlas]) suggested the position shown in the IAU's [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] charts was imprecise, and revised the location to correspond to the "original authority" (Schröter). The positional changes in the [/PLA%20Table%20III Photographic Lunar Atlas] were approved in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIB 1961], at which time the IAU also changed the spelling to Le Gentil. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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