Difference between revisions of "Peirce"
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'''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M119503409ME M119503409ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2549 LO-IV-191H]'' '''Peirce''' is the larger crater with [[Swift|Swift]] north of it.<br /> <div id="toc"> | '''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M119503409ME M119503409ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2549 LO-IV-191H]'' '''Peirce''' is the larger crater with [[Swift|Swift]] north of it.<br /> <div id="toc"> | ||
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
| − | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peirce LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peirce%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Peirce Apollo Images]<br /> <u>WARNING</u>: some orbital Apollo photographs of '''Peirce''' are online as "[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=PIERCE&sort= PIERCE]" <span class="membersnap">- | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peirce LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peirce%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Peirce Apollo Images]<br /> <u>WARNING</u>: some orbital Apollo photographs of '''Peirce''' are online as "[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=PIERCE&sort= PIERCE]" <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Aug 27, 2013</small></span><br /> <br /> |
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 44D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac44/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I707/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto44d4_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 44D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac44/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I707/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto44d4_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Peirce Benjamin Peirce] (pronounced purse), April 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880), an American mathematician and astronomer who taught at Harvard University for forty years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Peirce Benjamin Peirce] (pronounced purse), April 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880), an American mathematician and astronomer who taught at Harvard University for forty years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. | ||
* '''Peirce B''' (the I.A.U.'s [[Swift|Swift]]) was called '''Graham''' by [[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]], but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Graham was a 19th century English astronomer. | * '''Peirce B''' (the I.A.U.'s [[Swift|Swift]]) was called '''Graham''' by [[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]], but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Graham was a 19th century English astronomer. | ||
| − | * It's perhaps interesting to add [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce] (1839-1914; American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist).<span class="membersnap">- | + | * It's perhaps interesting to add [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce] (1839-1914; American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist).<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jul 24, 2014</small></span> |
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[[Alphabetical%20Index|Named Features]] -- Prev: [[Peek|Peek]] -- Next: [[Peirescius|Peirescius]]<br /> | [[Alphabetical%20Index|Named Features]] -- Prev: [[Peek|Peek]] -- Next: [[Peirescius|Peirescius]]<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 16:42, 15 April 2018
Contents
Peirce - with Swift north of it
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Lat: 18.23°N, Long: 53.32°E, Diam: 18.37 km, Depth: 2.16 km, Rükl 26, Eratosthenian | |
Right: LO-IV-191H Peirce is the larger crater with Swift north of it.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
WARNING: some orbital Apollo photographs of Peirce are online as "PIERCE" - DannyCaes Aug 27, 2013
Maps
(LAC zone 44D4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Elger
(IAU Directions) PEIRCE.--This formation, smaller than Picard, is also prominent, its border being very bright. There is a central peak, which, though not an easy object, I once glimpsed with a 4 inch Cook achromatic, and have seen it two or three times since with an 8 1/2 inch Calver reflector. A small crater, detected by Schmidt, which I once saw very distinctly under evening illumination, stands on the floor at the foot of the E. wall. Peirce A, a deeper formation, lies a little N. of Peirce, and has also, according to Neison, a very slight central hill, which is only just perceptible under the most favourable conditions. Schmidt appears to have overlooked it.
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Peirce
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Pike, 1976: 2.16 km
- Westfall, 2000: 2.16 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.8 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.7 km
Lunar Ellipse of Fire
Peirce and Picard (south of Peirce) are (or were?) both number ten in the list of 12 localities in the Lunar Ellipse of Fire
(see article from Farouk El-Baz in Sky and Telescope - June 1973).
Nomenclature
- Named for Benjamin Peirce (pronounced purse), April 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880), an American mathematician and astronomer who taught at Harvard University for forty years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics.
- Peirce B (the I.A.U.'s Swift) was called Graham by Wilkins and Moore, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Graham was a 19th century English astronomer.
- It's perhaps interesting to add Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914; American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist).- DannyCaes Jul 24, 2014
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- See, T. J. J. 1895. The services of Benjamin Peirce. Popular Astronomy, vol. 3, pp. 49-57.
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