Steinheil
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Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)
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Lat: 48.6°S, Long: 46.5°E, Diam: 67 km, Depth: 5.57 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2076 Rükl: 76], Nectarian |
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[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt) Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Images Images]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Maps Maps]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Description Description]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil / Watt)-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-071H Steinheil is the crater in the upper left, overlaying similarly-sized [/Watt Watt] (to its southeast). The sharp-shadowed 6-km circle of [/Watt Watt] B can be seen on the south floor of [/Watt Watt], with 10-km [/Watt Watt] A and 12-km [/Watt Watt] B beyond it (outside the rim). In the upper left corner of this view are 17-km Steinheil X and 16-km Steinheil Y (only partially visible).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 128A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Elger
([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) STEINHEIL.--A double ring-plain, E. of [/Janssen Janssen], 27 miles in diameter. The more westerly formation sinks to a depth of nearly 12,000 feet below the summit of the border.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 5.57 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 3 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.1 km
Nomenclature
- Carl August von Steinheil (October 12, 1801 – September 14, 1870) was a German astronomer and physicist. He founded the optical-astronomical company C.A. Steinheil und Söhne to build telescopes, spectroscopes and photometers (his invention, used to measure brightness). In 1852 he added refractors and reflectors with silver-covered mirrors to the production.
- [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 200) notes that the combination of Steinheil and [/Watt Watt] was labeled Zamosci on [/Langrenus van Langren]'s 1645 map. Whitaker does not explain where the name Steinheil came from, but evidently in Elger's day the entire structure was known by that name. The name [/Watt Watt], for the eastern part, was apparently introduced by [/Schmidt Schmidt] ([/Whitaker Whitaker], p. 224). - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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