Difference between revisions of "Nearch"

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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1828&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Nearch_LO_iv_070_h3.jpg|external image normal_Nearch_LO_iv_070_h3.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1828 LOIV 070 H3]''<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1828&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Nearch_LO_iv_070_h3.jpg|external image normal_Nearch_LO_iv_070_h3.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1828 LOIV 070 H3]''<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Nearch LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Nearch%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Nearch Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Nearch LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Nearch%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Nearch Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' NEARCH.--A ring-plain, about 35 miles in diameter, on the S.E. of [[Hommel|Hommel]], forming part of the [[Vlacq|Vlacq]] group.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' NEARCH.--A ring-plain, about 35 miles in diameter, on the S.E. of [[Hommel|Hommel]], forming part of the [[Vlacq|Vlacq]] group.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearch_(crater) Nearch]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearch_(crater) Nearch]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
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  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
 
* Westfall, 2000: 4.2 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 4.2 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 2.9 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 2.9 km

Latest revision as of 02:07, 16 April 2018

Nearch

Lat: 58.5°S, Long: 39.1°E, Diam: 75 km, Depth: 4.2 km, Rükl: 75, pre-Nectarian

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LOIV 070 H3

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Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) NEARCH.--A ring-plain, about 35 miles in diameter, on the S.E. of Hommel, forming part of the Vlacq group.

Description: Wikipedia

Nearch

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 4.2 km
  • Viscardy, 1985: 2.9 km
  • Cherrington, 1969: 1.88 km


Nomenclature

Nearchus of Crete (c. 360 - 300 BC) was a Greek explorer and one of the officers in the army of Alexander the Great. His celebrated voyage from India to Susa after Alexander's expedition in India is preserved in Arrian's account, the Indica.

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