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'''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_lo&west=200.02&south=25.84&east=251.85&north=7.04¢er_lat=0¢er=225.935&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&projection=SIMP&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=42.2749391727494 Lunar Orbiter] view '''Right:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&west=210.50&south=-36.96&east=262.31&north=-4.08¢er=236.405¢er_lat=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&resamp_method=nearest_neighbor&projection=SIMP&r=1&g=1&b=1&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=42.2749391727494&lines=1390&samples=2191&scale=0.71728&imageTopX=-785790.1329696178&imageTopY=-123732.3577702045&box=no&x=653&y=225 Clementine] view -- both from [http://www.mapaplanet.org Map-A-Planet]. See the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Evans#LetteredCraters Lettered Craters] image below for identification of '''Evans''' which is the small, roughly hexagonal crater at center. The larger, also roughly hexagonal crater to its lower left is '''Evans Q'''. Both nearly disappear in the high Sun Clementine image. [[Wan-Hoo%20%28Van-Gu%29|Wan-Hoo]], smaller than '''Evans''', is just outside '''Evans Q''' at the 10 o'clock position. The shadowed crater in the lower right corner of the overall field is [[Ioffe|Ioffe]].<br /> <div id="toc"> | '''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_lo&west=200.02&south=25.84&east=251.85&north=7.04¢er_lat=0¢er=225.935&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&projection=SIMP&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=42.2749391727494 Lunar Orbiter] view '''Right:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&west=210.50&south=-36.96&east=262.31&north=-4.08¢er=236.405¢er_lat=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&resamp_method=nearest_neighbor&projection=SIMP&r=1&g=1&b=1&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=42.2749391727494&lines=1390&samples=2191&scale=0.71728&imageTopX=-785790.1329696178&imageTopY=-123732.3577702045&box=no&x=653&y=225 Clementine] view -- both from [http://www.mapaplanet.org Map-A-Planet]. See the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Evans#LetteredCraters Lettered Craters] image below for identification of '''Evans''' which is the small, roughly hexagonal crater at center. The larger, also roughly hexagonal crater to its lower left is '''Evans Q'''. Both nearly disappear in the high Sun Clementine image. [[Wan-Hoo%20%28Van-Gu%29|Wan-Hoo]], smaller than '''Evans''', is just outside '''Evans Q''' at the 10 o'clock position. The shadowed crater in the lower right corner of the overall field is [[Ioffe|Ioffe]].<br /> <div id="toc"> | ||
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Evans LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Evans%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Evans Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Evans LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Evans%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Evans Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Evans Sir Arthur Evans] (1851-1941), a British archaeologist. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Evans Sir Arthur Evans] (1851-1941), a British archaeologist. | ||
* '''Evans''' was introduced to the IAU nomenclature in [[Menzel%2C%201971#EVANS|Menzel, 1971]]. | * '''Evans''' was introduced to the IAU nomenclature in [[Menzel%2C%201971#EVANS|Menzel, 1971]]. | ||
| − | * This crater could also honour the NASA astronaut [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Evans_(astronaut) Ronald Ellwin Evans], who was the Command Module Pilot (CMP) of Apollo 17. Ronald Evans died in 1990. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * This crater could also honour the NASA astronaut [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Evans_(astronaut) Ronald Ellwin Evans], who was the Command Module Pilot (CMP) of Apollo 17. Ronald Evans died in 1990. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Nov 17, 2013</small></span> |
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Revision as of 16:22, 15 April 2018
Contents
Evans
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Lat: 9.5°S, Long: 133.5°W, Diam: 67 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Nectarian | |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 88C2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941), a British archaeologist.
- Evans was introduced to the IAU nomenclature in Menzel, 1971.
- This crater could also honour the NASA astronaut Ronald Ellwin Evans, who was the Command Module Pilot (CMP) of Apollo 17. Ronald Evans died in 1990. - DannyCaes Nov 17, 2013
Lettered Craters
Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon
LPOD Articles
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