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| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Peary Peary]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Lunar 100 Lunar 100]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2047&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Peary_LO_iv_104_h3.jpg|external image normal_Peary_LO_iv_104_h3.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2047 LOIV 104 H3]'' '''Peary''' is the irregularly shaped crater near the center of the image. The large crater straddling the lower margin is [ | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Peary Peary]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Lunar 100 Lunar 100]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Peary-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2047&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Peary_LO_iv_104_h3.jpg|external image normal_Peary_LO_iv_104_h3.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2047 LOIV 104 H3]'' '''Peary''' is the irregularly shaped crater near the center of the image. The large crater straddling the lower margin is [[Byrd|Byrd]]. Several of the smaller craters also have IAU names.<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peary LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peary%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peary LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peary%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 1A1)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_1.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF] [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_1_lo.pdf Lunar Orbiter version]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary_(crater) Peary]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary_(crater) Peary]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km | ||
| − | * The Moon's [ | + | * The Moon's [[north%20pole|north pole]] (rotation axis) appears to be just outside the rim of '''Peary'''. |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edwin_Peary Robert Edwin Peary] (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920), an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edwin_Peary Robert Edwin Peary] (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920), an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. | ||
| − | * Name originally proposed by [ | + | * Name originally proposed by [[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]] but not approved by [[IAU|IAU]]; shifted to a different crater in ''[[Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas|Rectified Lunar Atlas]]'' (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 ([[Whitaker|Whitaker]], 1999, p235). |
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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==Lunar 100== | ==Lunar 100== | ||
| − | [ | + | [[Lunar%20100|L88]]: Difficult-to-observe polar crater.<br /> <br /> |
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
Wood, C.A. 7/2005. Polar Pleasures. S&T 110(1):62-63<br /> <br /> <br /> | Wood, C.A. 7/2005. Polar Pleasures. S&T 110(1):62-63<br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
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Revision as of 16:07, 15 April 2018
Contents
[hide]Peary
(formerly Gioja B)
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Lat: 88.6°N, Long: 33.0°E, Diam: 73 km, Depth: 2.71 km, Rükl 4, pre-Nectarian |
Table of Contents
[#Peary Peary]
[#Peary-Images Images]
[#Peary-Maps Maps]
[#Peary-Description Description]
[#Peary-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Peary-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Peary-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Peary-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Peary-Lunar 100 Lunar 100]
[#Peary-Bibliography Bibliography]
LOIV 104 H3 Peary is the irregularly shaped crater near the center of the image. The large crater straddling the lower margin is Byrd. Several of the smaller craters also have IAU names.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 1A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF Lunar Orbiter version
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km
- The Moon's north pole (rotation axis) appears to be just outside the rim of Peary.
Nomenclature
- Named for Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920), an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole.
- Name originally proposed by Wilkins and Moore but not approved by IAU; shifted to a different crater in Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 (Whitaker, 1999, p235).
LPOD Articles
Lunar 100
L88: Difficult-to-observe polar crater.
Bibliography
Wood, C.A. 7/2005. Polar Pleasures. S&T 110(1):62-63
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