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| − | Lat: 11.24°S, Long: 4.01°E, Diam: 130.84 km, Depth: 3.2 km, [ | + | Lat: 11.24°S, Long: 4.01°E, Diam: 130.84 km, Depth: 3.2 km, [[R%C3%BCkl%2044|Rükl: 44]], [[stratigraphy|Nectarian]]<br /> |
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=Table of Contents= | =Table of Contents= | ||
| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Albategnius Albategnius]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Albategnius-Description-Elger Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Albategnius-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Albategnius040906_04-39-59.jpg [[Image:normal_Albategnius040906_04-39-59.jpg|external image normal_Albategnius040906_04-39-59.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-376 Peter Lloyd]'' '''Albategnius''' is in the center. The large shadowed crater on its lower left floor is [ | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Albategnius Albategnius]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Albategnius-Description-Elger Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Albategnius-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Albategnius-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Albategnius040906_04-39-59.jpg [[Image:normal_Albategnius040906_04-39-59.jpg|external image normal_Albategnius040906_04-39-59.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-376 Peter Lloyd]'' '''Albategnius''' is in the center. The large shadowed crater on its lower left floor is [[Klein|Klein]].<br /> [[Image:Albategnius.jpg|Albategnius.jpg]]<br /> LRO<br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Albategnius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Albategnius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Albategnius Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Albategnius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Albategnius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Albategnius Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
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==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 77C1)''[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac77/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I566/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm77/ LM map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto77c1_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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===Elger=== | ===Elger=== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])''ALBATEGNIUS.--A magnificent walled-plain, 65 miles in diameter, adjoining [[Hipparchus|Hipparchus]] on the S., surrounded by a massive complex rampart, prominently terraced, including many depressions, and crossed by several valleys. It is surmounted by very lofty peaks, one of which on the N.W. stands nearly 15,000 feet above the floor. The great ring-plain Albategnius A, 28 miles in diameter, intrudes far within the limits of the formation on the W., and its towering crest rises more than 10,000 feet above its floor, on which there is a small central mountain. The central mountain of Albategnius is more than 4,000 feet high, and, with the exception of a few minor elevations, is the only prominent feature in the interior, though there are many small craters. Schmidt counted forty with the Berlin refractor, among them 12 on the W. side, arranged like a string of pearls.<br /> <br /> |
===Wikipedia=== | ===Wikipedia=== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albategnius_(crater) Albategnius]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albategnius_(crater) Albategnius]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/162 Albategnius] | * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/162 Albategnius] | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Pike, 1976: 3.2 km | ** Pike, 1976: 3.2 km | ||
** Westfall, 2000: 3.2 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 3.2 km | ||
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* Central peak height | * Central peak height | ||
** LTO77C1 (see LTO map above): 1600 - 1700 m <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> | ** LTO77C1 (see LTO map above): 1600 - 1700 m <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> | ||
| − | ** See also [ | + | ** See also [[LPOD%20Miscellany#toc12|here]] : 1735 m and Bibliography link below <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 [[Image:JohnMoore2-lg.jpg|16px|JohnMoore2]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2]</span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Batani Albategnius], Albategni or Albatenius (c. 858-929), an Arab astronomer/astrologer and mathematician, born in Harran near Urfa, which is now in Turkey. His best-known achievement was the determination of the solar year as being 365 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Batani Albategnius], Albategni or Albatenius (c. 858-929), an Arab astronomer/astrologer and mathematician, born in Harran near Urfa, which is now in Turkey. His best-known achievement was the determination of the solar year as being 365 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds. | ||
| − | * Crater '''Albategnius G''' was called '''Alter''' by [ | + | * Crater '''Albategnius G''' was called '''Alter''' by [[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]] after a contemporary American astronomer. The I.A.U. did not accept the name for that purpose, although it was later assigned to a [[Alter|farside crater]]. |
| − | * Satellite crater '''Albategnius L''' is on the [ | + | * Satellite crater '''Albategnius L''' is on the [[ALPO%20list%20of%20banded%20craters|ALPO list of banded craters]] |
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [[NASA%20SP-362|Apollo Over the Moon]], Chapter 3: The Terrae ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch3.2.htm Part 2]), Figure 53. |
* Burkmann, J. and Boint, S. 2009. ''Selenology Today'' No 12, p. 9-16 [http://digidownload.libero.it/glrgroup/selenologytoday12.pdf Profiles of the Central Peaks of Albategnius, Alphonsus, and Arzachel Craters](PDF). | * Burkmann, J. and Boint, S. 2009. ''Selenology Today'' No 12, p. 9-16 [http://digidownload.libero.it/glrgroup/selenologytoday12.pdf Profiles of the Central Peaks of Albategnius, Alphonsus, and Arzachel Craters](PDF). | ||
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| − | [ | + | [[Alphabetical%20Index|Named Features]] -- Prev: [[Al-Bakri|Al-Bakri]] -- Next: [[Albert|Albert]]<br /> |
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Contents
Albategnius
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Lat: 11.24°S, Long: 4.01°E, Diam: 130.84 km, Depth: 3.2 km, Rükl: 44, Nectarian |
Table of Contents
[#Albategnius Albategnius]
[#Albategnius-Images Images]
[#Albategnius-Maps Maps]
[#Albategnius-Description Description]
[#Albategnius-Description-Elger Elger]
[#Albategnius-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Albategnius-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Albategnius-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Albategnius-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Albategnius-Bibliography Bibliography]
Peter Lloyd Albategnius is in the center. The large shadowed crater on its lower left floor is Klein.
LRO
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
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Maps
(LAC zone 77C1)LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Elger
(IAU Directions)ALBATEGNIUS.--A magnificent walled-plain, 65 miles in diameter, adjoining Hipparchus on the S., surrounded by a massive complex rampart, prominently terraced, including many depressions, and crossed by several valleys. It is surmounted by very lofty peaks, one of which on the N.W. stands nearly 15,000 feet above the floor. The great ring-plain Albategnius A, 28 miles in diameter, intrudes far within the limits of the formation on the W., and its towering crest rises more than 10,000 feet above its floor, on which there is a small central mountain. The central mountain of Albategnius is more than 4,000 feet high, and, with the exception of a few minor elevations, is the only prominent feature in the interior, though there are many small craters. Schmidt counted forty with the Berlin refractor, among them 12 on the W. side, arranged like a string of pearls.
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Albategnius
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Pike, 1976: 3.2 km
- Westfall, 2000: 3.2 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 4.38 km
- Central peak height
- LTO77C1 (see LTO map above): 1600 - 1700 m - fatastronomer fatastronomer
- See also here : 1735 m and Bibliography link below - JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2
Nomenclature
- Named for Albategnius, Albategni or Albatenius (c. 858-929), an Arab astronomer/astrologer and mathematician, born in Harran near Urfa, which is now in Turkey. His best-known achievement was the determination of the solar year as being 365 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds.
- Crater Albategnius G was called Alter by Wilkins and Moore after a contemporary American astronomer. The I.A.U. did not accept the name for that purpose, although it was later assigned to a farside crater.
- Satellite crater Albategnius L is on the ALPO list of banded craters
LPOD Articles
Cups and Saucers Drawing Double Crossed
Bibliography
- Apollo Over the Moon, Chapter 3: The Terrae (Part 2), Figure 53.
- Burkmann, J. and Boint, S. 2009. Selenology Today No 12, p. 9-16 Profiles of the Central Peaks of Albategnius, Alphonsus, and Arzachel Craters(PDF).
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