Acosta

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Acosta

(formerly Langrenus C)

Lat: 5.65°S, Long: 60.11°E, Diam: 12.73 km, Depth: 2.9 km, Rükl: 49

Table of Contents

[#Acosta Acosta]
[#Acosta-Images Images]
[#Acosta-Maps Maps]
[#Acosta-Description Description]
[#Acosta-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Acosta-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Acosta-Lunar Ellipse of Fire Lunar Ellipse of Fire]
[#Acosta-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Acosta-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Acosta-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Acosta-Atwood-Naonobu_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-184H The other IAU-named features in this field are Atwood and Naonobu. The large crater whose rim protudes in the lower right is Langrenus.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

  • An oblique southward looking view of the bowl-shaped crater Acosta is seen near the left margin of Apollo 16's orbital ITEK-panoramic frame AS16-P-5205.
    • Research: Danny Caes


Maps

(LAC zone 80B4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map

Description


Wikipedia

Acosta

Additional Information


Lunar Ellipse of Fire

Langrenus C (Acosta) is (or was?) number nine in the list of 12 localities in the Lunar Ellipse of Fire (see article from Farouk El-Baz in Sky and Telescope - June 1973).

Nomenclature

  • Named for Cristobal Acosta (1515–1594), a Portuguese doctor and natural historian. He is considered a pioneer in the study of plants from the Orient, especially their use in pharmacology. Together with the apothecary Tomé Pires and the physician Garcia de Orta he is one of the major names of Indo-Portuguese medicine.
  • The name Langrenus C was part of the original IAU nomenclature of Blagg and Müller (Catalog Entry 4688). It was attributed to Mädler.
  • This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was provisionally introduced on LTO-80B4 (June, 1975; for which it served as the chart title). It was approved in 1976 (IAU Transactions XVIB). - JimMosher JimMosher


LPOD Articles


Bibliography



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