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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Pettit LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Pettit%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Pettit LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Pettit%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pettit_%28lunar_crater%29 Pettit]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pettit_%28lunar_crater%29 Pettit]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br /> Westfall, 2000: 3.91 km |
| − | * TSI = 20, CPI = 5, FI = 15; MI =40 [ | + | * TSI = 20, CPI = 5, FI = 15; MI =40 [[Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973|Smith and Sanchez, 1973]] |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Pettit Edison Pettit] (1889-1962); American astronomer active at Mount Wilson Observatory. Pettit had wide-ranging interests, and in lunar work was noted for his studies of the variation of temperatures on the lunar surface, particularly during eclipses. ''[ | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Pettit Edison Pettit] (1889-1962); American astronomer active at Mount Wilson Observatory. Pettit had wide-ranging interests, and in lunar work was noted for his studies of the variation of temperatures on the lunar surface, particularly during eclipses. ''[[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]]'' also attribute a relief map of the Moon, constructed at Mount Wilson in 1930, to Pettit (their Appendix II). |
| − | * This crater is not to be confused, thank you, IAU, with [ | + | * This crater is not to be confused, thank you, IAU, with [[Petit|Petit]] |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * Nicholson, Seth B. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962PASP...74..495N Edison Pettit, 1889-1962] ''Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific'', Vol. 74, No. 441, p.495. (1962) (Note: the crater [ | + | * Nicholson, Seth B. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962PASP...74..495N Edison Pettit, 1889-1962] ''Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific'', Vol. 74, No. 441, p.495. (1962) (Note: the crater [[Nicholson|Nicholson]] lies next to Pettit on the Moon. |
* Pettit, Edison. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1945ApJ...102...14P The Co-Albedo of the Moon]. ''Astrophysical Journal'', vol. 102, p.14 (1945) | * Pettit, Edison. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1945ApJ...102...14P The Co-Albedo of the Moon]. ''Astrophysical Journal'', vol. 102, p.14 (1945) | ||
* Pettit, Edison. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1940ApJ....91..408P Radiation Measurements on the Eclipsed Moon]. ''Astrophysical Journal'', vol. 91, p.408 (1940) | * Pettit, Edison. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1940ApJ....91..408P Radiation Measurements on the Eclipsed Moon]. ''Astrophysical Journal'', vol. 91, p.408 (1940) | ||
Revision as of 15:07, 15 April 2018
Contents
Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)
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Lat: 27.5°S, Long: 86.6°W, Diam: 35 km, Depth: 3.91 km, Rükl 50, Eratosthenian |
Table of Contents
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit) Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Images Images]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Maps Maps]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Description Description]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Pettit and Nicholson Pettit and Nicholson]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit)-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-186H
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 91D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
Westfall, 2000: 3.91 km - TSI = 20, CPI = 5, FI = 15; MI =40 Smith and Sanchez, 1973
Pettit and Nicholson
Here's the reason why a "twin"-couple of pronounced craters in Mare Orientale's Rook Mountains were called Pettit and Nicholson:
- In the early 1920s, Edison Pettit and Seth Nicholson made the first systematic infrared observations of celestial objects. They used a vacuum thermocouple to measure the infrared radiation and thus the temperature of the Moon which led to the theory that the Moon was covered with a thin layer of dust acting as an insulator, and also of the planets, sunspots and stars. Their temperatures measurements of nearby giant stars led to some of the first determinations of stellar diameters.
Nomenclature
- Edison Pettit (1889-1962); American astronomer active at Mount Wilson Observatory. Pettit had wide-ranging interests, and in lunar work was noted for his studies of the variation of temperatures on the lunar surface, particularly during eclipses. Wilkins and Moore also attribute a relief map of the Moon, constructed at Mount Wilson in 1930, to Pettit (their Appendix II).
- This crater is not to be confused, thank you, IAU, with Petit
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Nicholson, Seth B. Edison Pettit, 1889-1962 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 74, No. 441, p.495. (1962) (Note: the crater Nicholson lies next to Pettit on the Moon.
- Pettit, Edison. The Co-Albedo of the Moon. Astrophysical Journal, vol. 102, p.14 (1945)
- Pettit, Edison. Radiation Measurements on the Eclipsed Moon. Astrophysical Journal, vol. 91, p.408 (1940)
- Pettit, E.; Nicholson, S. B. Lunar radiation and temperatures Astrophys. J., vol. 71, p. 102-135 (1930).
- Pettit, E.; Nicholson, S. B. Temperature of the Dark Side of the Moon and of the Moon During Eclipse Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 39, No. 230, p.227 (1927)
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