Sverdrup

Sverdrup

Lat: 88.31°S, Long: 153.5°W, Diam: 32.83 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

Left: Annotated image showing a general view of the South Pole region (click for larger view).
Right: Portion of a larger image available here from the DIVINER Lunar Radiometer Experiment webpage.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 144C4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

Wikipedia

Sverdrup

Additional Information

• IAU page: Sverdrup

Nomenclature

Otto; Norwegian polar explorer (1855-1930).
 

• This name was added to the IAU nomenclature in 2000 (IAU Transactions XXIVB).
• Otto Sverdrup was the third cousin of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, see also the Sourcebook Project (below). - DannyCaes Apr 3, 2015

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (of which Otto Sverdrup was the third cousin) in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In Earthquakes, Tides, Unidentified Sounds, and related phenomena (1983) :
 

• Audibility of the Aurora Polaris (Nature, 1931) (Chapter GSH3: Sound of the Aurora).

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