Regnault
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Regnault
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Lat: 54.1°N, Long: 88.0°W, Diam: 46 km, Depth: 2.52 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%201 Rükl: 1], [/Stratigraphy Nectarian] |
Table of Contents
[#Regnault Regnault]
[#Regnault-Images Images]
[#Regnault-Maps Maps]
[#Regnault-Description Description]
[#Regnault-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Regnault-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Regnault-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Regnault-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Regnault-Bibliography Bibliography]
Clementine Regnault is in the center of the field with similar-sized [/Stokes Stokes] below it. Regnault straddles the rim of the much larger [/Volta Volta], partially visible here on its right (east). The conspicuous craters on the left are Regnault C (at 11 o'clock) and Regnault W (at 8 o'clock).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 21C1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 2.52 km
- Since Regnault's longitude places it essentially on the mean limb as seen from Earth, it is visible only when the Moon is favorably [/librations librated] both in longitude and latitude. Under such circumstances it is fairly easily located, as it is more conspicuous than its neighbors.
Nomenclature
- Named for Henri Victor Regnault (July 21, 1810 – January 19, 1878), a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases.
- Regnault is listed as catalog entry 1727 in the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller], where it is described as a "ring plain" with a diameter of 0.028 of the lunar radius (49 km) situated at -0.586, +0.810 in the [/Xi-Eta Xi-Eta] system (54.1°N, 87.8°W), and corresponding to "[/Repsold Repsold]" (#760) in Franz's catalog and "Repsold c" in [/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler]. The IAU name is attribued to [/Schmidt Schmidt].
- [/PLA%20Table%20III Kuiper] attempted to "correct" Schmidt's spelling by adding an accent to the "e". This change was rejected by the IAU.
- According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 235), the name was moved to a new location in the [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas], however the size and position listed in [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] are so similar to the present ones, that the comment is hard to understand. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Also according to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 93), the name Regnaultis, S.J. was used on maps published by [/Hell Hell] in the 1760's. This would appear to be a reference to the recently deceased Jesuit mathematician and philosopher Noël Regnault (1683—1762). Hell apparently used this name for a different feature, but it is hard to know if Schmidt was intending to honor the 19th century chemist identified by the [/BAA BAA] in [/Who%27s%20Who%20in%20the%20Moon Who's Who in the Moon], or meant to reinstate the older name from Hell's map. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Rima Regnault (an unofficial name from D.Caes for the rille on the floor of Regnault, which is the westward continuation of one of the rilles on the floor of nearby Volta).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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