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* '''Cai Lun''' is partially visible from Earth when the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/librations librations] are favorable. In this geocentric view from August 14, 2010 at 04:00 UT (the peak of the first favorable libration after its naming), simulated with [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Sources%20of%20Planetary%20DEM%20Data#LOLA LOLA DEM data], part of its shadowed floor can be seen beyond [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Nansen Nansen]. The recently named crater [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Houssay Houssay] is also nicely visible. Observers in the Earth's northern hemisphere will see '''Cai Lun'''slightly more onto the lunar disk, those in the southern hemisphere less so. | * '''Cai Lun''' is partially visible from Earth when the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/librations librations] are favorable. In this geocentric view from August 14, 2010 at 04:00 UT (the peak of the first favorable libration after its naming), simulated with [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Sources%20of%20Planetary%20DEM%20Data#LOLA LOLA DEM data], part of its shadowed floor can be seen beyond [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Nansen Nansen]. The recently named crater [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Houssay Houssay] is also nicely visible. Observers in the Earth's northern hemisphere will see '''Cai Lun'''slightly more onto the lunar disk, those in the southern hemisphere less so. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 22 April 2018
Contents
Cai Lun
| Lat: 80.3°N, Long: 113.5°E, Diam: 43 km, Depth: , Rükl: (farside) |
left: Clementine . right: LROC
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 1D3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
IAU page: Cai Lun
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Cai Lun is partially visible from Earth when the librations are favorable. In this geocentric view from August 14, 2010 at 04:00 UT (the peak of the first favorable libration after its naming), simulated with LOLA DEM data, part of its shadowed floor can be seen beyond Nansen. The recently named crater Houssay is also nicely visible. Observers in the Earth's northern hemisphere will see Cai Lunslightly more onto the lunar disk, those in the southern hemisphere less so.
Nomenclature
- Named for Cai Lun (c. 57-121), a Chinese inventor credited with the invention of paper.
- This name for a previously unnamed crater was approved by the IAU on August 2, 2010.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
