Elger

Lat: 35.3°S, Long: 29.8°W, Diam: 21 km, Depth: 1.26 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2063 Rükl: 63]

Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Arthur, 1974: 1.26 km
- Westfall, 2000: 1.26 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.25 km
[/LTVT LTVT] returns a maximum depth of 1,100 m based on the shadow in LO-IV-131-H3. The depth of the small crater just above Elger is approximately 740 m. - JimMosher JimMosher

Nomenclature

Named for Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (October 27, 1836 – January 9, 1897), a lunar mapper and the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association ([/BAA BAA]). He is best known as a careful and indefatigable selenographer. He is most remembered for his book [/Elger%2C%201895 The Moon: A full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features]. Published in 1895, its maps are still highly regarded by lunar observers due to their uncluttered nature.
An account of the recovery of Elger's nearly-lost observing books appears starting on page 46 of the January 1956 issue of JBAA.

- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :

Page 200: The Linné Controversy: a look into the past (Patrick Moore, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 1977).
Page 205: Three Riddles of Plato (Jackson T. Carle, Sky and Telescope, 1955).
Page 239: Lunar Luminescence (E.J.Flamm, et al, Nature, 1965).

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