Lawrence
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Lawrence
(formerly [/Taruntius Taruntius] M)
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Lat: 7.35°N, Long: 43.29°E, Diam: 24.02 km, Depth: 0.85 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2037 Rükl 37] |
Table of Contents
LOIV 066 H1
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images (Taruntius M)
- Lawrence was also captured on Apollo 17's panoramic ITEK-camera frames AS17-P-2971 and AS17-P-2976. When you explore these frames, it is not necessary to scroll to the right because Lawrence is already visible near the screen's centre.
- Research: Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 61C1) LAC map Geologic map AIC map LTO map
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Lawrence
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 0.85 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1 km
Ancient Taruntius-sized crater southeast of Lawrence?
SLC-map A4 shows the remains of (what seems to be) some sort of Taruntius-sized crater southeast of Lawrence (between Lawrence and Taruntius).
Nomenclature
- According to the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer], this feature name honors two men:
- Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958), an American physicist and Nobel Laureate best known for his invention, utilization, and improvement of the cyclotron beginning in 1929, and his later work in uranium-isotope separation in the Manhattan Project. In 1939, Lawrence was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the cyclotron and its applications.
- Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (October 2, 1935 - December 8, 1967), a United States Air Force Major. Lawrence was selected for the Air Force's little-known Manned Orbital Laboratory spy program and is hence regarded by some as the first African-American astronaut although he apparently never flew in space. He was killed on December 8, 1967, in the crash of an F-104 Starfighter at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
- The approval of the name Lawrence for this formerly lettered crater was announced in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB] (1973). The honoree was not identified. According to [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVA IAU Transactions XVA] the name Lawrence (presumably a reference to E. O.) had been previously considered as a farside name, but was rejected because of the [/Nomenclature%20Zoo#The%20Nomenclature%20Zoo-Sound-Alikes similarity of sound] to [/Lorentz Lorentz].
- The name was apparently first used on LTO 61C1 (March 1974).
- [/1989%20IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer Early printouts] of the Gazetteer identify the name as honoring E. O. Lawrence. Robert Lawrence was added as an honoree at some later date. Neither identification was ever published in the [/IAU%20Transactions IAU Transactions], but biographical information ("E. O.") was unofficially reported in [/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974].
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Bibliography
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