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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Aitken LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Aitken%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Aitken Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Aitken LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Aitken%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Aitken Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
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* According to the coordinates below the LPI's scan of Apollo 8's frame [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/18-g/med/as08-18-2838.jpg AS8-18-2838] (seen here as the ''Apollo 8 Flight Journal'''s HiRes scan), this bright bowl-shaped crater must be '''Aitken A''' just north of '''Aitken''' itself. | * According to the coordinates below the LPI's scan of Apollo 8's frame [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/18-g/med/as08-18-2838.jpg AS8-18-2838] (seen here as the ''Apollo 8 Flight Journal'''s HiRes scan), this bright bowl-shaped crater must be '''Aitken A''' just north of '''Aitken''' itself. | ||
* [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar%20Missions ZOND 8] (October 1970) made extraordinary photographs of '''Aitken'''. See, for example, [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond08_64.jpg Frame 64] (Aitken is just rightward of the image's centre), and the [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond08_59detail.jpg detail] from Frame 59 on Don P. Mitchell's [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMoon.htm Soviet Moon Images] page. North is to the left. | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar%20Missions ZOND 8] (October 1970) made extraordinary photographs of '''Aitken'''. See, for example, [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond08_64.jpg Frame 64] (Aitken is just rightward of the image's centre), and the [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond08_59detail.jpg detail] from Frame 59 on Don P. Mitchell's [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMoon.htm Soviet Moon Images] page. North is to the left. | ||
| − | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Concentric%20crater Concentric crater] southwest of '''Aitken''', see [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-8859 AS15-P-8859], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-8861 AS15-P-8861] (this CC is located near the right margins of both frames). See also [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS17/150/22964.jpg AS17-150-22964] (because of the high solar illumination in this Hasselblad photograph, the "double walled" appearance of this Concentric Crater is not very distinct). Note that this Concentric Crater is not the same as N°20 in C.A.Wood's list published in 1978. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Concentric%20crater Concentric crater] southwest of '''Aitken''', see [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-8859 AS15-P-8859], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-8861 AS15-P-8861] (this CC is located near the right margins of both frames). See also [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS17/150/22964.jpg AS17-150-22964] (because of the high solar illumination in this Hasselblad photograph, the "double walled" appearance of this Concentric Crater is not very distinct). Note that this Concentric Crater is not the same as N°20 in C.A.Wood's list published in 1978. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Nov 15, 2009</small></span> |
* Research Apollo and Zond photographs: Danny Caes | * Research Apollo and Zond photographs: Danny Caes | ||
* ASU [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20090714.html Image of the Week]. | * ASU [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20090714.html Image of the Week]. | ||
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* [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Central%20peak%20composition Central peak composition]: Anorthosite + GNTA1 & GNTA2 ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tompkins%20%26%20Pieters%2C%201999 Tompkins & Pieters, 1999]) | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Central%20peak%20composition Central peak composition]: Anorthosite + GNTA1 & GNTA2 ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tompkins%20%26%20Pieters%2C%201999 Tompkins & Pieters, 1999]) | ||
* Crater counts yield mare ages of 3.28 and 3.49 b.y. [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Haruyama%2C%20J.%20and%20others%2C%202008 Haruyama, J. and others, 2008]. | * Crater counts yield mare ages of 3.28 and 3.49 b.y. [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Haruyama%2C%20J.%20and%20others%2C%202008 Haruyama, J. and others, 2008]. | ||
| − | * The mare floor of '''Aitken''' appears to be splotched with [http://the-moon.us/wiki/swirl swirls] of brightness similar to those noted in nearby [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Van%20de%20Graaff Van de Graaff] and [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Ingenii Mare Ingenii]. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * The mare floor of '''Aitken''' appears to be splotched with [http://the-moon.us/wiki/swirl swirls] of brightness similar to those noted in nearby [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Van%20de%20Graaff Van de Graaff] and [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Ingenii Mare Ingenii]. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
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Aitken
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Lat: 16.66°S, Long: 173.25°E, Diam: 137.94 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Upper Imbrian |
Apollo 17 AS17-M-0341 processed by Stefan Lammel
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- An orbital Hasselblad photograph of Aitken's northern rim (at the horizon) and the area north-northeast of Aitken (at 11° South/ 174° East) is included in the book Full Moon by Michael Light and Andrew Chaikin (plate 31). The photograph is AS11-41-6155.
- According to the coordinates below the LPI's scan of Apollo 8's frame AS8-18-2838 (seen here as the Apollo 8 Flight Journals HiRes scan), this bright bowl-shaped crater must be Aitken A' just north of Aitken itself.
- ZOND 8 (October 1970) made extraordinary photographs of Aitken. See, for example, Frame 64 (Aitken is just rightward of the image's centre), and the detail from Frame 59 on Don P. Mitchell's Soviet Moon Images page. North is to the left.
- Concentric crater southwest of Aitken, see AS15-P-8859, and AS15-P-8861 (this CC is located near the right margins of both frames). See also AS17-150-22964 (because of the high solar illumination in this Hasselblad photograph, the "double walled" appearance of this Concentric Crater is not very distinct). Note that this Concentric Crater is not the same as N°20 in C.A.Wood's list published in 1978. - DannyCaes Nov 15, 2009
- Research Apollo and Zond photographs: Danny Caes
- ASU Image of the Week.
- Lunar Orbiter II's close-up of Aitken's floor in the LPI's HiRes scan of frame LO-II 033 h3.
Maps
(LAC zone 104A1) LM map LTO map
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Aitken
- Central peak composition: Anorthosite + GNTA1 & GNTA2 (Tompkins & Pieters, 1999)
- Crater counts yield mare ages of 3.28 and 3.49 b.y. Haruyama, J. and others, 2008.
- The mare floor of Aitken appears to be splotched with swirls of brightness similar to those noted in nearby Van de Graaff and Mare Ingenii. - Jim Mosher
Nomenclature
- Named for Robert Grant Aitken (1864-1951), an American astronomer, a Director of the Lick Observator, and long-time editor of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was the ASP's 1926 Bruce Medalist, and extensive links to information about him can be found there.
- The name Aitken was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
- Aitken happens to fall on the circumference of a large farside depression. The point opposite Aitken on the circumference is the Moon's South Pole. Hence that depression has the unofficial name South Pole-Aitken Basin.
- In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Washington" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).
- The cluster of craters on the floor of Aitken which contain Aitken G (east of Aitken's central peak) is sometimes nicknamed "The Cloverleaf" (source: Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report). For LROC close-up, see: http://bit.ly/2BLd7zP
LROC Articles
- Rille in Aitken Crater!
- Exposed Boulders in the Aitken Mare
- Terraced Craters in Aitken Crater
- Wrinkle Ridges in Aitken-Crater
- Aitken Central Peak, Seen Obliquely
- Approaching Aitken Crater-Vertregt-J
- The Moon's Largest Basin
- Aitken Crater Constellation Program: Region-of-Interest
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Apollo Over the Moon, Chapter 4: The Maria (Part 3), Figure 84 (part of Aitken's "Cloverleaf"), Figure 85 (unnamed crater northeast of Aitken). Chapter 5: Craters (Part 6), Figure 178.
- Asmar, S. & Schubert, G., 2006. South Pole Aitken compensation mechanisms based on gravity and topography data. In 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. COSPAR, Plenary Meeting. pp. 3279+.
- Eckart, P., 1998. LunARSat - European orbiter mission to the Moon. P. Eckart,
- Garrick-Bethell, I. & Zuber, M.T., 2009. Elliptical structure of the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin. Icarus, 204(2), 9.
- Kochemasov, G., 1999. The Deepest Lunar SPA Basin and its Unusual Infilling: Constraints Imposed by Angular Momentum Considerations. In L. Gaddis & C. K. Shearer New Views of the Moon 2: Understanding the Moon Through the Integration of Diverse Datasets. pp. 34+.
- Rosiek, M., Kirk, R. & Howington-Kraus, A., 1999. Lunar South Pole Topography Derived from Clementine Imagery. In L. Gaddis & C. K. Shearer New Views of the Moon 2: Understanding the Moon Through the Integration of Diverse Datasets. pp. 52+.
- Spudis, P.D., Gillis, J.J. & Reisse, R.A., 1994. Ancient multiring basins on the moon revealed by clementine laser altimetry. Science (New York, N.Y.), 266(5192), pp. 1848-51.
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