Cannon
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Cannon
(formerly [/Alhazen Alhazen] F)
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Lat: 19.9°N, Long: 81.4°E, Diam: 56 km, Depth: 2.83 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2027 Rükl: 27] |
Table of Contents
[#Cannon Cannon]
[#Cannon-Images Images]
[#Cannon-Maps Maps]
[#Cannon-Description Description]
[#Cannon-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Cannon-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Cannon-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Cannon-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Cannon-Bibliography Bibliography]
LOIV 165-H3
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 45C4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 2.83 km
Nomenclature
- Named for Annie Jump Cannon (December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941), an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. [/Pickering Pickering], she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures.
- The name [/Alhazen Alhazen] F was introduced in [/Neison%2C%201876 Neison, 1876] and appears as Catalog Number 25 in Mary Blagg's [/Collated%20List Collated List] as well as in the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] (1935).
- The replacement name Cannon was proposed by Arthur and Whitaker in the [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] (1963) and approved by IAU in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB 1964].
- List of features named for [/Nomenclature-Women women].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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