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| − | '''Left:''' ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/file/detail/catmichelson-large2.jpg Modified]'' [http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/website/apollo_html/viewer.htm Apollo Foot Viewer] image from the [http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/maps/the_moon.htm USGS]. '''Right:''' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_71.pdf Color-coded Lac 71] image from [ | + | '''Left:''' ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/file/detail/catmichelson-large2.jpg Modified]'' [http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/website/apollo_html/viewer.htm Apollo Foot Viewer] image from the [http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/maps/the_moon.htm USGS]. '''Right:''' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_71.pdf Color-coded Lac 71] image from [[USGS%20Digital%20Atlas|USGS Digital Atlas]]<br /> <div id="toc"> |
=Table of Contents= | =Table of Contents= | ||
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD) Catena Michelson (GIRD)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div> | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD) Catena Michelson (GIRD)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div> | ||
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Catena%20Michelson LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Catena%20Michelson%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Catena%20Michelson LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Catena%20Michelson%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 71C3)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_71.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | '''Catena Michelson''' extends from '''Michelson''' crater at its north-western end right upto '''Grachev''' crater at its south-eastern end. Like several other catenae in the region, for example, [ | + | '''Catena Michelson''' extends from '''Michelson''' crater at its north-western end right upto '''Grachev''' crater at its south-eastern end. Like several other catenae in the region, for example, [[Catena%20Leuschner%20%28GDL%29|Catena Leuschner]] to its north and [[Catena%20Lucretius%20%28RNII%29|Catena Lucretius]] to its south, the most likely source is that of the [[Mare%20Orientale|Orientale Basin]] -- lying some 150 kilometres away from its south-eastern end. The catena itself is made up of several craters each approximaely 20 km in diameter -- most of which have overlapped together forming a very complex zone.<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><br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson_(crater) Catena Michelson (GIRD)]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson_(crater) Catena Michelson (GIRD)]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | List of [ | + | List of [[Lunar%20Catenae|Lunar Catenae]].<br /> <br /> |
==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * This feature is named after the nearby crater, [ | + | * This feature is named after the nearby crater, [[Michelson|Michelson]]. The parenthetical abbreviation (GIRD) is based on the Russian spelling for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIRD Group for the Study of Reaction Motion], a scientific institute. |
| − | * The name '''GIRD''' was proposed for this feature on the ''[ | + | * The name '''GIRD''' was proposed for this feature on the ''[[Sternberg%20Lunar%20Nomenclature|Complete Map of the Moon]]'' (1967/1969) made under the direction of the [[Sternberg%20Institute|Sternberg Institute]], and presented to the IAU in [[IAU%20Transactions%20XIIIB|1967]]. |
| − | * The idea of naming [ | + | * The idea of naming [[catena|catenae]] after institutes was considered by the [[IAU|IAU]] starting in [[IAU%20Transactions%20XIVB|1970]]. |
| − | * Although the idea of naming catenae after institutes was ultimately rejected, '''Catena Michelson (GIRD)''' was among three catenae for which in [ | + | * Although the idea of naming catenae after institutes was ultimately rejected, '''Catena Michelson (GIRD)''' was among three catenae for which in [[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIIB#CATENAE|1979]] the IAU began recommending that to "provide a cross-reference to the earlier Soviet lunar maps" the name be printed on maps followed by the initials in parenthesis. |
| − | * It is unclear from the [ | + | * It is unclear from the [[IAU%20Transactions|IAU Transactions]] when the name '''Catena Michelson''' (without the parenthesis) had been assigned. |
* The wish to provide a cross-reference to the early Russian farside maps in these three cases is a bit odd, since nearly ''all'' farside features had been assigned different provisional names there. By this logic, nearly every modern farside name would require a parenthetical reference to an earlier name on the Russian map (and quite possibly that name would be one in modern use for yet another feature). <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> | * The wish to provide a cross-reference to the early Russian farside maps in these three cases is a bit odd, since nearly ''all'' farside features had been assigned different provisional names there. By this logic, nearly every modern farside name would require a parenthetical reference to an earlier name on the Russian map (and quite possibly that name would be one in modern use for yet another feature). <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> | ||
* Part of what is called the '''''Orientale secondary chains''''' in the ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' (C.A.Wood/ M.J.S.Collins). | * Part of what is called the '''''Orientale secondary chains''''' in the ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' (C.A.Wood/ M.J.S.Collins). | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 15 April 2018
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Catena Michelson (GIRD)
| Lat: 1.4°N, Long: 113.4°W, Length: 456 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) | |
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Table of Contents
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD) Catena Michelson (GIRD)]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Images Images]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Maps Maps]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description Description]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 71C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Catena Michelson extends from Michelson crater at its north-western end right upto Grachev crater at its south-eastern end. Like several other catenae in the region, for example, Catena Leuschner to its north and Catena Lucretius to its south, the most likely source is that of the Orientale Basin -- lying some 150 kilometres away from its south-eastern end. The catena itself is made up of several craters each approximaely 20 km in diameter -- most of which have overlapped together forming a very complex zone.- JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
List of Lunar Catenae.
Nomenclature
- This feature is named after the nearby crater, Michelson. The parenthetical abbreviation (GIRD) is based on the Russian spelling for the Group for the Study of Reaction Motion, a scientific institute.
- The name GIRD was proposed for this feature on the Complete Map of the Moon (1967/1969) made under the direction of the Sternberg Institute, and presented to the IAU in 1967.
- The idea of naming catenae after institutes was considered by the IAU starting in 1970.
- Although the idea of naming catenae after institutes was ultimately rejected, Catena Michelson (GIRD) was among three catenae for which in 1979 the IAU began recommending that to "provide a cross-reference to the earlier Soviet lunar maps" the name be printed on maps followed by the initials in parenthesis.
- It is unclear from the IAU Transactions when the name Catena Michelson (without the parenthesis) had been assigned.
- The wish to provide a cross-reference to the early Russian farside maps in these three cases is a bit odd, since nearly all farside features had been assigned different provisional names there. By this logic, nearly every modern farside name would require a parenthetical reference to an earlier name on the Russian map (and quite possibly that name would be one in modern use for yet another feature). - JimMosher JimMosher
- Part of what is called the Orientale secondary chains in the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (C.A.Wood/ M.J.S.Collins).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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