Faustini
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Faustini - and Malinkin in it
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Lat: 87.18°S, Long: 85.02°E, Diam: 42.48 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2073 Rükl: 73] | |
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Right: Portion of a larger image available here from the DIVINER Lunar Radiometer Experiment webpage.
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[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it Faustini - and Malinkin in it]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Images Images]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Maps Maps]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Description Description]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Faustini - and Malinkin in it-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
- LPOD Photo Gallery * Lunar Orbiter Images
- Earth-based radar view by Campbell et al.: In the LPOD image from which this has been cropped, the Earth-based radar data was re-mapped to a north-up aerial view. Faustini is the crater labeled Fa. The one labeled Sh is [/Shoemaker Shoemaker]. [/Shackleton Shackleton], the IAU-named feature closest to the Moon's South Pole, is in the lower left, with only its lower rim illuminated by the radar waves.
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 144D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Faustini
- The floor of Faustini appears to be a prime target for the 2009 impact of the [/Lunar%20Missions LCROSS] spacecraft, and is the subject of several ground-based training exercises for imaging the area.
- In Earth-based observations, Faustini is most easily located by reference to the distinctive keyhole-shaped crater [/Malapert Malapert] E. When visible on the lunar disk, Faustini can be found between [/Malapert Malapert] E and the limb, sometimes a little to the left or right of it depending on the [/librations librations]. See Ewen Whitaker's sketch-map of the lunar [/Whitaker%2C%201954 south pole] (where Faustini was labeled R3 for "Ring 3").
- The longitudes of features near the Moon's poles are poorly determined because (as on Earth) a small movement in kilometers at the pole can translate into as much as a 360° change in longitude.
- Possibly better selenographic parameters for Faustini than the official IAU ones given in the title line are: 87.22°S, 84.87°E, 41.5 km diameter. The rim of Faustini partially straddles the mean limb seen from Earth, but is mostly on the Earthward side.
- Faustini as a South Polar candidate - see Selenology Today No.13 (2009) p. 21-26, and in Bibliography link below.
- First results from LRO report that Faustini has the lowest measured temperature on the Moon or anywhere else in solar system: -238°C (-397°F).
Nomenclature
- Named for Arnaldo Faustini (1874-1944), an Italian polar geographer.
- This name was proposed to the [/IAU IAU] by amateurs as part of their [/Luna%20Incognita Luna Incognita] project to fill in areas left blank on the [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] maps. It was approved in 1994 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XXIIB IAU Transactions XXIIB]). As noted by [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 236), Faustini does not appear to replace any previous IAU-approved designation for this feature.
- Malinkin is the small crater on the floor of Faustini.
LPOD Articles
20 m Resolution! (source of above radar image)
Bibliography
- Lena, R. et al. 2009. Selenology Today No.13 p. 119-129. (PDF) Mapping Faustini Crater
- MacRobert, Alan M. 1993. Sky and Telescope p. 66-67. Exploring the Moon's South Pole, .
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