Yamamoto

Yamamoto

Lat: 58.1°N, Long: 160.9°E, Diam: 76 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), pre-Nectarian

image source LRO WAC

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

• Yamamoto was captured on Lunar Orbiter 5 frame 53 Medium; north of d'Alembert and south of Avogadro.
• See also the three Hi-Res scans of frame 53 Medium.
• Research: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 18A4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

Description: Wikipedia

Yamamoto

Additional Information

Nomenclature

Issei Yamamoto (1889–1959) was a Japanese astronomer. In 1920 he became the first president of the Oriental Astronomical Association.

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

Issei Yamamoto in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- Page 360 in Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
 

• Zodiacal Light Notes (W.E.Glanville, Popular Astronomy, 1930).

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