Kopff
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Kopff
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Lat: 17.39°S, Long: 89.68°W, Diam: 40.49 km, Depth: 2 km, Rükl: 50 |
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[#Kopff Kopff]
[#Kopff-Images Images]
[#Kopff-Maps Maps]
[#Kopff-Description Description]
[#Kopff-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Kopff-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Kopff-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Kopff-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Kopff-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-187H2 Kopff is the crater in the center. The rilles on its floor are known as Rimae Kopff.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 91A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Kopff
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Pike, 1976: 2 km
- Westfall, 2000: 2 km
- TSI = 15, CPI = 5, FI = 25; MI =50 Smith and Sanchez, 1973
Nomenclature
- Named for August Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960), a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids.
- This name was not part of the original IAU nomenclature. Kopff appears in the cumulative list of approved changes published in IAU Transactions XVB, but exactly when and under what circumstances it was approved does not seem to have been recorded. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Whitten, J. L. et al (2011). Maunder and Kopff Craters: Windows into the Upper Lunar Crust – 42nd LPSC Conference (Mar), 2011.
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