Galen
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Galen
(formerly [/Aratus Aratus] A)
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Lat: 21.94°N, Long: 4.96°E, Diam: 9.18 km, Depth: 1.5 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2022 Rükl: 22] |
Table of Contents
[#Galen Galen]
[#Galen-Images Images]
[#Galen-Maps Maps]
[#Galen-Description Description]
[#Galen-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Galen-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Galen-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Galen-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Galen-Bibliography Bibliography]
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Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 41C1) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Galen
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 1.5 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.25 km
- A banded crater.
Nomenclature
- Galen (AD 129 –ca. 200 or 216) of Pergamum was a prominent ancient Greek physician, whose theories dominated Western medical science for over a millennium.
- This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] appears on LTO-41C1, where it is listed as "approved by the IAU". Although Galen appears in the cumulative list of approved names in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB], it is not clear precisely when and where it was approved. Biographical information was unofficially reported in [/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974]. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Galen (Aratus A) was once known as Moumouris after Don Constantin Moumouris. This was one of Felix Chemla Lamèch's new names., but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Research: Ewen A. Whitaker and Danny Caes (August 2003: mail correspondence).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Moumouris (Aratus A/ Galen): [/Whitaker Mapping and Naming the Moon]; a history of lunar cartography and nomenclature (Ewen A. Whitaker).
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