Acosta

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Acosta

(formerly [/Langrenus Langrenus] C)

Lat: 5.65°S, Long: 60.11°E, Diam: 12.73 km, Depth: 2.9 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2049 Rükl: 49]

Table of Contents

[#Acosta Acosta]
[#Acosta-Images Images]
[#Acosta-Maps Maps]
[#Acosta-Description Description]
[#Acosta-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Acosta-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Acosta-Lunar Ellipse of Fire Lunar Ellipse of Fire]
[#Acosta-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Acosta-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Acosta-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Acosta-Atwood-Naonobu_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-184H The other IAU-named features in this field are [/Atwood Atwood] and [/Naonobu Naonobu]. The large crater whose rim protudes in the lower right is [/Langrenus Langrenus].

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

  • An oblique southward looking view of the bowl-shaped crater Acosta is seen near the left margin of Apollo 16's orbital ITEK-panoramic frame AS16-P-5205.
    • Research: Danny Caes


Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 80B4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map

Description


Wikipedia

Acosta

Additional Information

  • IAU page: Acosta
  • Data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher crater depths]
    • Westfall, 2000: 2.9 km
    • Viscardy, 1985: 1.75 km


Lunar Ellipse of Fire

Langrenus C (Acosta) is (or was?) number nine in the list of 12 localities in the Lunar Ellipse of Fire (see article from Farouk El-Baz in Sky and Telescope - June 1973).

Nomenclature

  • Named for Cristobal Acosta (1515–1594), a Portuguese doctor and natural historian. He is considered a pioneer in the study of plants from the Orient, especially their use in pharmacology. Together with the apothecary Tomé Pires and the physician Garcia de Orta he is one of the major names of Indo-Portuguese medicine.
  • The name [/Langrenus Langrenus] C was part of the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller] (Catalog Entry 4688). It was attributed to Mädler.
  • This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was provisionally introduced on LTO-80B4 (June, 1975; for which it served as the chart title). It was approved in 1976 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB IAU Transactions XVIB]). - JimMosher JimMosher


LPOD Articles


Bibliography



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