Difference between revisions of "Back"
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Back_AS-16-M-2901_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Back_AS-16-M-2901_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Back_AS-16-M-2901_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2838 AS-16-M-2901]'' The contrast is low because of the relatively high sun angle in this Metric Camera view from Apollo 16.<br /> <br /> | |
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Back LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Back%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Schubert+B&sort= Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> Apollo 10's orbital Hasselblad photograph [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4161 AS10-28-4161] shows '''Back''' ('''Schubert B''') during high sun.<br /> One of Apollo 16's orbital Hasselblad photographs of '''Back''' is included in the book ''FULL MOON'' by Michael Light and Andrew Chaikin (plate 105). This photograph ([http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-122-19527 AS16-122-19527]) is also included on pages 860 and 861 of the article ''APOLLO 16 BRINGS US VISIONS FROM SPACE'', in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC of December 1972. In this article, the crater now known as '''Back''' is mentioned as '''Schubert B'''.<br /> Research orbital Apollo Hasselblad photographs : Danny Caes.<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Back LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Back%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Schubert+B&sort= Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> Apollo 10's orbital Hasselblad photograph [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-28-4161 AS10-28-4161] shows '''Back''' ('''Schubert B''') during high sun.<br /> One of Apollo 16's orbital Hasselblad photographs of '''Back''' is included in the book ''FULL MOON'' by Michael Light and Andrew Chaikin (plate 105). This photograph ([http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-122-19527 AS16-122-19527]) is also included on pages 860 and 861 of the article ''APOLLO 16 BRINGS US VISIONS FROM SPACE'', in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC of December 1972. In this article, the crater now known as '''Back''' is mentioned as '''Schubert B'''.<br /> Research orbital Apollo Hasselblad photographs : Danny Caes.<br /> <br /> | ||
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Ernst Emil Alexander; German physicist (1881-1959).<br /> | Ernst Emil Alexander; German physicist (1881-1959).<br /> | ||
| − | * This replacement name for a formerly [[lettered%20crater|lettered crater]] was provisionally introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto63c4_1/ LTO-63C4] (December 1973). It was approved by the IAU "as assigned" in 1976 ([[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB|IAU Transactions XVIB]]). Two other provisional names on the same map (named for literary authors) were rejected. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * This replacement name for a formerly [[lettered%20crater|lettered crater]] was provisionally introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto63c4_1/ LTO-63C4] (December 1973). It was approved by the IAU "as assigned" in 1976 ([[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB|IAU Transactions XVIB]]). Two other provisional names on the same map (named for literary authors) were rejected. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
* '''Schubert B''' (the IAU's '''Back''') was the same crater which was once called '''''Febrer''''' by H.P.Wilkins and P.Moore. | * '''Schubert B''' (the IAU's '''Back''') was the same crater which was once called '''''Febrer''''' by H.P.Wilkins and P.Moore. | ||
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A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 35, 36 (Mare Smythii).<br /> <br /> | A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 35, 36 (Mare Smythii).<br /> <br /> | ||
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Revision as of 16:14, 15 April 2018
Contents
Back (aka Febrer)
(formerly Schubert B)
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Lat: 1.1°N, Long: 80.7°E, Diam: 35 km, Depth: 2.9 km, Rükl: 38 |
AS-16-M-2901 The contrast is low because of the relatively high sun angle in this Metric Camera view from Apollo 16.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Apollo 10's orbital Hasselblad photograph AS10-28-4161 shows Back (Schubert B) during high sun.
One of Apollo 16's orbital Hasselblad photographs of Back is included in the book FULL MOON by Michael Light and Andrew Chaikin (plate 105). This photograph (AS16-122-19527) is also included on pages 860 and 861 of the article APOLLO 16 BRINGS US VISIONS FROM SPACE, in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC of December 1972. In this article, the crater now known as Back is mentioned as Schubert B.
Research orbital Apollo Hasselblad photographs : Danny Caes.
Maps
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 2.9 km
Nomenclature
Ernst Emil Alexander; German physicist (1881-1959).
- This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was provisionally introduced on LTO-63C4 (December 1973). It was approved by the IAU "as assigned" in 1976 (IAU Transactions XVIB). Two other provisional names on the same map (named for literary authors) were rejected. - Jim Mosher
- Schubert B (the IAU's Back) was the same crater which was once called Febrer by H.P.Wilkins and P.Moore.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 35, 36 (Mare Smythii).
