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| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name) Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Apollo_12_Snowman_a12-7f.jpg [[Image:normal_Apollo_12_Snowman_a12-7f.jpg|external image normal_Apollo_12_Snowman_a12-7f.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2216 NASA mission planning chart]'' The white circles indicate the expected spheres of influence of various craters in the planned Apollo 12 landing site. [ | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name) Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Apollo_12_Snowman_a12-7f.jpg [[Image:normal_Apollo_12_Snowman_a12-7f.jpg|external image normal_Apollo_12_Snowman_a12-7f.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2216 NASA mission planning chart]'' The white circles indicate the expected spheres of influence of various craters in the planned Apollo 12 landing site. [[Surveyor|Surveyor]] crater provides the body of the '''Snowman''', while [[Head|Head]] (naturally) supplies his head, and [[Halo|Halo]] crater lies in the right arm. The IAU did not approve individual names for the left and right feet or the hands.<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Snowman LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Snowman%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Snowman Apollo Images]<br /> The '''Snowman''' was captured on Lunar Orbiter 3 frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/3137_h2.jpg LO3-137-h2] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/3154_h2.jpg LO3-154-h2].<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Snowman LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Snowman%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Snowman Apollo Images]<br /> The '''Snowman''' was captured on Lunar Orbiter 3 frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/3137_h2.jpg LO3-137-h2] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/3154_h2.jpg LO3-154-h2].<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 76A2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac76/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I458/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm76/ LM map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/AIC/AIC76A/ AIC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LPST/ap_11_12_14/ Apollo 12 Site Traverses Map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | According to the explanation in [ | + | According to the explanation in [[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB|IAU Transactions XVIB]], this name represents "An arrangement of five craters around the large crater in which [[Surveyor|Surveyor 3]] landed. The geometry resembles the fabled and familiar "snowman" figure."<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowman Snowman]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowman Snowman]<br /> <br /> | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * Astronaut-named feature, [ | + | * Astronaut-named feature, [[Apollo%2012%20site|Apollo 12 site]]. |
| − | * This name was approved at the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB 1976] meeting of the [ | + | * This name was approved at the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB 1976] meeting of the [[IAU|IAU]]. |
| − | * The name is quite unusual in designating a pattern of [ | + | * The name is quite unusual in designating a pattern of [[crater|craters]] rather than an individual crater. Other examples include [[North%20Complex|North Complex]] and [[South%20Cluster|South Cluster]] at the [[Apollo%2015%20site|Apollo 15 site]] |
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
Revision as of 15:17, 15 April 2018
Contents
Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)
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Table of Contents
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name) Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Images Images]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Maps Maps]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Description Description]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Snowman (Apollo 12 site craterlet-complex name)-Bibliography Bibliography]
NASA mission planning chart The white circles indicate the expected spheres of influence of various craters in the planned Apollo 12 landing site. Surveyor crater provides the body of the Snowman, while Head (naturally) supplies his head, and Halo crater lies in the right arm. The IAU did not approve individual names for the left and right feet or the hands.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
The Snowman was captured on Lunar Orbiter 3 frames LO3-137-h2 and LO3-154-h2.
Research Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 76A2) LAC map Geologic map LM map AIC map Apollo 12 Site Traverses Map
Description
According to the explanation in IAU Transactions XVIB, this name represents "An arrangement of five craters around the large crater in which Surveyor 3 landed. The geometry resembles the fabled and familiar "snowman" figure."
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
From the APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL (Eric M. Jones), at 110:05:20 GET into the mission of Apollo 12 (A Visit to the Snowman):
- The Snowman is the cluster of craters that surrounds their target point. It can be seen slightly left of center on a large-scale map of the landing site. West is on the left. Surveyor Crater is centered at about N.3/29.5 and Head Crater - the Snowman's head - is immediately west of Surveyor Crater at N.4/28.6. The Snowman's feet are at N.4/30.7 and M.4/30.7. I have never been impressed that this pattern was easily called the Snowman. However, late in 1999, I was looking at one of the USGS site maps covering the immediate area around Surveyor Crater and really saw the Snowman for the first time. The key to success was to look at map LSE-7-6G with west at the top and to look, not at the craters, but at the white ejecta circles drawn around them by the geologists who prepared the map. As can readily be seen in a detail, the ejecta circles create a striking Snowman image. Although I can easily imagine Pete Conrad spotting the figure the first time he was shown the map, I do not yet know exactly how or when the Snowman got its name.
Nomenclature
- Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
- This name was approved at the 1976 meeting of the IAU.
- The name is quite unusual in designating a pattern of craters rather than an individual crater. Other examples include North Complex and South Cluster at the Apollo 15 site
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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