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Spurr (in Palus Putredinis)

(formerly [/Archimedes Archimedes] M)

Lat: 27.89°N, Long: 1.28°W, Diam: 13.21 km, Depth: 0.1 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2022 Rükl: 22]

IAU page: Spurr
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 0.1 km
From the shadows in AS15-M-0418, the east wall rises to from 130-155 m above the central mare, increasing to about 180 m at one point in the southwest. On the west, the highest point (casting the longest shadow) is about 245 m above the mare. These values appear to be consistent with the 100-m contours (obtained by stereo mapping) on LTO 41A3. - JimMosher JimMosher

Named for Josiah Edward Spurr (1870-1950), an American geologist who wrote a multi-volume book about the Moon, called Geology Applied to Selenology.
This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was introduced on LTO-41A3 (Jan. 1974; for which it served as the chart title). Spurr appears in the cumulative list of approved names in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB] (1973), and does not appear in any of the previous Transactions, so the name appears to have been approved in that year. Biographical information was unofficially reported in [/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974].- JimMosher JimMosher
Although the LTO identifies the former name as [/Archimedes Archimedes] K it in fact appars to have been [/Archimedes Archimedes] M (as reported in Ashbrook).
Not to be confused with Spur (craterlet near the site of Apollo 15), or Silver Spur (mountain near the site of Apollo 15).

J. E. Spurr. Geology Applied to Selenology:
- I. The Imbrian Plain Region of the Moon (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Science Press Publishing Co., 1944), 112 pages.
- II. The Features of the Moon (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Science Press Publishing Co., 1945), 318 pages;
- III. Lunar Catastrophic History (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press., 1948), 253 pages;
- IV. The Shrunken Moon (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press., 1949), 207 pages.

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 * This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41a3_2/ LTO-41A3] (Jan. 1974; for which it served as the chart title). '''Spurr''' appears in the cumulative list of approved names in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB] (1973), and does not appear in any of the previous ''Transactions'', so the name appears to have been approved in that year. Biographical information was unofficially reported in [/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974].<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span>
 * Although the LTO identifies the former name as '''[/Archimedes Archimedes] K''' it in fact appars to have been '''[/Archimedes Archimedes] M''' (as reported in Ashbrook).
-* Not to be confused with [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Spur Spur] (craterlet near the site of Apollo 15), or '''''Silver Spur''''' (mountain near the site of Apollo 15).
+* Not to be confused with [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Spur Spur] (craterlet near the site of Apollo 15), or '''''Silver Spur''''' (mountain near the site of Apollo 15).
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