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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
A user's group formed by [[NASA|NASA]] in 1974 "to provide sensible guidelines" for lunar mapping ([[Whitaker|Whitaker]], p. 182).<br /> <br /> | A user's group formed by [[NASA|NASA]] in 1974 "to provide sensible guidelines" for lunar mapping ([[Whitaker|Whitaker]], p. 182).<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Since planetary mapping and naming conventions are established by the [[IAU|IAU]], it would appear that this committee could never have had any more than an informal advisory role. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * Since planetary mapping and naming conventions are established by the [[IAU|IAU]], it would appear that this committee could never have had any more than an informal advisory role. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
* According to a [[Invalid%20Names|note]] by Whitaker, it was the LPACC that convinced the IAU to restrict the Latin feature-type names used on the Moon to a small list. | * According to a [[Invalid%20Names|note]] by Whitaker, it was the LPACC that convinced the IAU to restrict the Latin feature-type names used on the Moon to a small list. | ||
* According to Whitaker's book, the name was later changed to '''Lunar and Planetary Photography and Cartography Committee (LPPACC)'''. | * According to Whitaker's book, the name was later changed to '''Lunar and Planetary Photography and Cartography Committee (LPPACC)'''. | ||
| − | * It is not clear if the LPPACC continues to exist. There seems to be no record of it after 1978. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * It is not clear if the LPPACC continues to exist. There seems to be no record of it after 1978. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 15 April 2018
Contents
Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)
(glossary entry)
Description
A user's group formed by NASA in 1974 "to provide sensible guidelines" for lunar mapping (Whitaker, p. 182).
Additional Information
- Since planetary mapping and naming conventions are established by the IAU, it would appear that this committee could never have had any more than an informal advisory role. - Jim Mosher
- According to a note by Whitaker, it was the LPACC that convinced the IAU to restrict the Latin feature-type names used on the Moon to a small list.
- According to Whitaker's book, the name was later changed to Lunar and Planetary Photography and Cartography Committee (LPPACC).
- It is not clear if the LPPACC continues to exist. There seems to be no record of it after 1978. - Jim Mosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- E. Whitaker. 1999. Mapping and Naming the Moon.
