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| − | Lat: 61.3°N, Long: 121.2°W, Diam: 63 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)'' [ | + | Lat: 61.3°N, Long: 121.2°W, Diam: 63 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)'' [[Stratigraphy|Nectarian]]<br /> |
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| − | '''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&info=NO&advoption=NO&sizeSelector=imageSize&lines=1440&samples=2880&Resolution=27.6923076923077&r=1&g=1&b=1&projection=SIMP&grid=none&stretch=auto&north=48.75&south=74.75&west=211.50&east=263.50¢er_lat=0¢er=237.5&defaultcenter=on Clementine] image from [http://www.mapaplanet.org Map-A-Planet]. '''Right:'''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_6.pdf Color-coded topography LAC 20] image from [ | + | '''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&info=NO&advoption=NO&sizeSelector=imageSize&lines=1440&samples=2880&Resolution=27.6923076923077&r=1&g=1&b=1&projection=SIMP&grid=none&stretch=auto&north=48.75&south=74.75&west=211.50&east=263.50¢er_lat=0¢er=237.5&defaultcenter=on Clementine] image from [http://www.mapaplanet.org Map-A-Planet]. '''Right:'''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_6.pdf Color-coded topography LAC 20] image from [[USGS%20Digital%20Atlas|USGS Digital Atlas]].<div id="toc"> |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dyson LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dyson%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dyson Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dyson LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dyson%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dyson Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 20B1)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_20.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Watson_Dyson Sir Frank Watson Dyson] (1868-1939), a British astronomer. In addition to being Astronomer Royal (of England) from 1910 to 1933, Dyson was President of the IAU's Commission 17 (Lunar Nomenclature) at the time ''[ | + | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Watson_Dyson Sir Frank Watson Dyson] (1868-1939), a British astronomer. In addition to being Astronomer Royal (of England) from 1910 to 1933, Dyson was President of the IAU's Commission 17 (Lunar Nomenclature) at the time ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]'' was published (1935). |
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| − | * '''Mount Dyson''' was [ | + | * '''Mount Dyson''' was [[Wilkins%20300-inch%20Map%20Names|H. P. Wilkins]]'s unofficial name for '''[[Pytheas|Pytheas]] Beta''', a small hillock in [[Mare%20Imbrium|Mare Imbrium]]. |
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==Lettered Craters== | ==Lettered Craters== | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Dyson-letter.jpg|dyson-letter.jpg]]<br /> Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon].''<br /> <br /> |
==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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<u>Note</u>: another Dyson (or perhaps the same?) is mentioned on page 633, in the article '''How Special is the Universe?''' (P.C.W.Davies, ''Nature'', 1974).<br /> | <u>Note</u>: another Dyson (or perhaps the same?) is mentioned on page 633, in the article '''How Special is the Universe?''' (P.C.W.Davies, ''Nature'', 1974).<br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 16 April 2018
Contents
Dyson
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Lat: 61.3°N, Long: 121.2°W, Diam: 63 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) Nectarian | |
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Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 20B1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for Sir Frank Watson Dyson (1868-1939), a British astronomer. In addition to being Astronomer Royal (of England) from 1910 to 1933, Dyson was President of the IAU's Commission 17 (Lunar Nomenclature) at the time Named Lunar Formations was published (1935).
- Mount Dyson was H. P. Wilkins's unofficial name for Pytheas Beta, a small hillock in Mare Imbrium.
Lettered Craters
Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Sir Frank Watson Dyson in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)
- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
- Page 674: The Einstein Shift - an unsettled problem (F.Schmeidler, Sky and Telescope, 1964).
Note: another Dyson (or perhaps the same?) is mentioned on page 633, in the article How Special is the Universe? (P.C.W.Davies, Nature, 1974).
