Artsimovich
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Artsimovich
(formerly Diophantus A)
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Lat: 27.6°N, Long: 36.6°W, Diam: 8 km, Depth: 1.75 km, Rükl: 19 |
Table of Contents
[#Artsimovich Artsimovich]
[#Artsimovich-Images Images]
[#Artsimovich-Maps Maps]
[#Artsimovich-Description Description]
[#Artsimovich-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Artsimovich-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Artsimovich-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Artsimovich-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Artsimovich-Bibliography Bibliography]
Apollo 15 M-2332
Bowl shaped crater Artsimovich and the curious arrowhead shaped hillock east-northeast of it, which is an interesting "signpost" to recognize this crater on telescopic or orbital photographs.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 2, 2014
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo images
- Artsimovich (or Diophantus A) was photographed on Apollo 15's oblique southward looking Fairchild camera frames of REV 71, such as frame AS15-M-2602 (in this frame, Artsimovich is the small crater near the centre of the right margin).
- The flat sunlit floor of Artsimovich was captured by Apollo 15's orbital panoramic ITEK-camera on frames AS15-P-10296 and 10301.
- Artsimovich and the nearby cluster of hillocks show up wonderful near the right margin of Apollo 17's post-sunrise panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS17-P-3125.
- Additional research orbital Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 photography: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 39B4) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Viscardy, 1985: 0.86 km
- The Viscardy depth data is clearly in error, and inconsistent with the contours in LTO-39B4, which indicate a depth of a little over 1700 m (measured from the east). The shadows in AS15-M-2332, indicate a depth of 1680-1780 m measured from the west. Similarly, LO-IV-145 gives 1700-1760 m. - JimMosher JimMosher Jan 11, 2008
- An easy way to recognize this crater (Artsimovich) on telescopic or orbital photographs is the curious arrowhead shaped hillock to the east-northeast of it.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 2, 2014
Nomenclature
- Named for Lev Andreevich Artsimovich (1909-1973), a Soviet physicist. Called the "Russian Donald Menzel" by Belgian author Julien Weverbergh, because Artsimovich was extremely skeptic whenever the subject "UFO" was mentioned.
- Artsimovich was introduced as an IAU-approved replacement name for a formerly lettered crater on LTO 39B4 (March 1974), for which it served as the chart title.
- The name was actually approved "as assigned" in IAU Transactions XVIB (1976).
- Artsimovich's Arrowhead is a nickname by Danny Caes for the curious arrowhead shaped hillock east-northeast of Artsimovich.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
L. A. Artsimovich, the "Russian Donald Menzel", see page 48 in Julien Weverbergh's (and Ion Hobana's) very interesting book UFO's in Oost en West (Ankh-Hermes, 1972).
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