Zanstra
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Zanstra
| Lat: 2.9°N, Long: 124.7°E, Diam: 42 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
left: Lunar Orbiter I 136-M. right: LRO WAC; King ejecta at upper left
Images
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- Oblique southward looks at Zanstra:
Apollo 16's panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS16-P-4986 and its stereo-companion AS16-P-4991. In both frames, Zanstra is the crater at extreme left (near the left margin).
- Research: Danny Caes
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Description
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Nomenclature
Herman Zanstra (November 3, 1894– October 2, 1972) was a Dutch astronomer. He wrote a famous paper, An Application of the Quantum Theory to the Luminosity of Diffuse Nebulae, which for the first time provided a quantitative method (the "Zanstra method") for understanding the luminosity of nebulas and comets.
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