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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1318&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_lucretius-clem1.jpg|external image normal_lucretius-clem1.jpg]]][[Image:Lucretius.jpg|Lucretius.jpg]]<br />  left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1318 Clementine] .'' right: '''''LROC''' .'' '''Lucretius''' sits on top of '''[[Orientale%20Basin|Orientale Basin]]''' ejecta blanket.<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Lucretius Lucretius]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lucretius-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1318&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_lucretius-clem1.jpg|external image normal_lucretius-clem1.jpg]]][[Image:Lucretius.jpg|Lucretius.jpg]]<br />  left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1318 Clementine] .'' right: '''''LROC''' .'' '''Lucretius''' sits on top of '''[/Orientale%20Basin Orientale Basin]''' ejecta blanket.<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Lucretius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Lucretius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Lucretius Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Lucretius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Lucretius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Lucretius Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 89D2)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_89.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 89D2)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_89.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius_(crater) Lucretius]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius_(crater) Lucretius]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* TSI = 35, CPI = 5, FI = 20; MI =60 [/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Hartnell, 1973]
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* TSI = 35, CPI = 5, FI = 20; MI =60 [[Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973|Smith and Hartnell, 1973]]
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
 
  Titus Lucretius Carus; Roman scientific philosopher (c. 94-55 B.C.).<br />  
 
  Titus Lucretius Carus; Roman scientific philosopher (c. 94-55 B.C.).<br />  
  
* '''Lucretius''' was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971].
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* '''Lucretius''' was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [[Menzel%2C%201971|Menzel, 1971]].
* In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as"'''Williams"''', a name that should properly have been used for a completely [/Williams different] nearside crater (source: [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070909 Phil Stooke's LPOD]).
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* In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as"'''Williams"''', a name that should properly have been used for a completely [[Williams|different]] nearside crater (source: [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_9,_2007 Phil Stooke's LPOD]).
 
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Latest revision as of 02:02, 16 April 2018

Lucretius

Lat: 8.2°S, Long: 120.8°W, Diam: 63 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Imbrian

external image normal_lucretius-clem1.jpgLucretius.jpg
left: Clementine . right: LROC . Lucretius sits on top of Orientale Basin ejecta blanket.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 89D2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Lucretius

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Titus Lucretius Carus; Roman scientific philosopher (c. 94-55 B.C.).
  • Lucretius was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
  • In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as"Williams", a name that should properly have been used for a completely different nearside crater (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).


LPOD Articles


Bibliography