Elger

Lat: 35.3°S, Long: 29.8°W, Diam: 21 km, Depth: 1.26 km, Rükl: 63

LO4-131-h3

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Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Arthur, 1974: 1.26 km
- Westfall, 2000: 1.26 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.25 km
LTVT returns a maximum depth of 1,100 m based on the shadow in LO-IV-131-H3. The depth of the small crater just above Elger is approximately 740 m. - Jim Mosher

Named for Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (October 27, 1836 – January 9, 1897), a lunar mapper and the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA). He is best known as a careful and indefatigable selenographer. He is most remembered for his book The Moon: A full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features. Published in 1895, its maps are still highly regarded by lunar observers due to their uncluttered nature.
An account of the recovery of Elger's nearly-lost observing books appears starting on page 46 of the January 1956 issue of JBAA.

- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :

Page 200: The Linné Controversy: a look into the past (Patrick Moore, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 1977).
Page 205: Three Riddles of Plato (Jackson T. Carle, Sky and Telescope, 1955).
Page 239: Lunar Luminescence (E.J.Flamm, et al, Nature, 1965).