Drebbel
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Drebbel
Lat: 40.9°S, Long: 49.0°W, Diam: 30 km, Depth: 3.27 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2062 Rükl: 62] |
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[#Drebbel Drebbel]
[#Drebbel-Images Images]
[#Drebbel-Maps Maps]
[#Drebbel-Description Description]
[#Drebbel-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Drebbel-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Drebbel-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Drebbel-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Drebbel-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Drebbel-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-155H Drebbel partially overlays 37-km Drebbel K, a somewhat vaguely defined crater to its north.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 110C1) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) DREBBEL.--A bright ring-plain, 18 miles in diameter, on the N.E. of [/Schickard Schickard], with a lofty irregular border (especially on the E.), exhibiting a well-marked terrace on the W., a distinct gap on the N., and a small crater on the S.W. rim. On a dusky area between it and [/Schickard Schickard] stand three prominent deep craters.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.27 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 3.5 km
- From the shadows in LO-IV-155H, Drebbel is about 3070 m deep. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Satellite craters Drebbel B, F, G and J are on the [/ALPO%20list%20of%20banded%20craters ALPO list of banded craters]
Nomenclature
- Cornelius Drebbel (1572 - November 7, 1633) was the Dutch inventor of the first navigable submarine in 1620. Drebbel became famous for his 1619 invention of a microscope with two convex lenses. It was the first microscope with two optical lenses.
- According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 219), this name was introduced by [/M%C3%A4dler Mädler].
LPOD Articles
Deep Black and a Little White.
Bibliography
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