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| − | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Kapteyn_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG [[Image: | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Kapteyn_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Kapteyn_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Kapteyn_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG]]][[Image:Kapteyn-WAC-QM.jpg|Kapteyn-WAC-QM.jpg]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2516 LO-IV-184H]; LRO-WAC mosaic''<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Kapteyn LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Kapteyn%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Kapteyn Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Kapteyn LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Kapteyn%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Kapteyn Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
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==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher% | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km | ||
** The shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4184 LO-IV-184H] indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> | ** The shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4184 LO-IV-184H] indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> | ||
* Central peak height | * Central peak height | ||
** The central peak is about 900 m tall. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> | ** The central peak is about 900 m tall. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> | ||
| − | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: <1km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image: | + | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: <1km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:Fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span> |
* '''Kapteyn E''' central peak height | * '''Kapteyn E''' central peak height | ||
| − | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.5 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image: | + | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.5 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:Fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Revision as of 01:55, 16 April 2018
Contents
Kapteyn
(formerly La Pérouse B)
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Lat: 10.8°S, Long: 70.6°E, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.71 km, Rükl: 49 |
LO-IV-184H; LRO-WAC mosaic
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- According to the Apollo 8 Flight Journal (David Woods and Frank O'Brien), crater Kapteyn was Photographic Target of Opportunity N° 65.
- An oblique south-looking orbital close up of Kapteyn is Apollo 8's frame AS8-13-2270.
Maps
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km
- The shadows in LO-IV-184H indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. - Jim Mosher
- Central peak height
- The central peak is about 900 m tall. - Jim Mosher
- Sekiguchi, 1972: <1km - fatastronomer fatastronomer
- Kapteyn E central peak height
- Sekiguchi, 1972: 1.5 km - fatastronomer fatastronomer
Nomenclature
- Named for Jacobus Cornelis Kapteyn (1851-1922), a Dutch astronomer noted for his discovery of evidence of galactic rotation. Kapteyn was the 1913 Bruce Medalist of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and extensive links to information about him can be found there.
- New name for the former Lapeyrouse B given by Arthur and Whitaker in the Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved in IAU Transactions XIIB (1964).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
