D'Alembert
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d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)
(d'Alembert was formerly known as D'Alembert)
Lat: 50.8°N, Long: 163.9°E, Diam: 248 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), [/Stratigraphy Nectarian] |
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[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-Maps Maps]
[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-Description Description]
[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#d'Alembert (with Slipher on the southwestern part of its floor and rim)-Bibliography Bibliography]
Clementine;
d'Alembert, with [/Slipher Slipher] at the southwestern part of its floor and rim.
The small crater on the southwestern part of Slipher's rim is Slipher S.
It's as if Slipher is always trying to escape out of d'Alembert, pulling part of d'Alembert with it. The same thing seems to happen within Slipher (with Slipher S).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 18D4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
d'Alembert's floor seems to be the centre of a basin which is unofficially known as U1, according to the farside map in the page Lunar Basins List.
Nomenclature
- Named for Jean le Rond d'Alembert (November 16, 1717 - October 29, 1783), a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher noted for his contributions to the [/lunar%20theory lunar theory]. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie. D'Alembert's method for the wave equation is named after him.
- The name [/Montes%20d%27Alembert Montes d'Alembert] was originally used by [/Schr%C3%B6ter Schröter] for a series of peaks seen on the west limb near [/Grimaldi Grimaldi].
- Schröter's name was dropped by the IAU, and the "D'Alembert" part transferred to the present crater in [/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971].
- The capitalization was corrected to d'Alembert in 2010.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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