Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)
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Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)
| Lat: 9.8°S, Long: 138.8°W, Diam: 52 km, Depth: ~5 km, Rükl: (farside) |
Table of Contents
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu) Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Images Images]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Maps Maps]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Description Description]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu)-Bibliography Bibliography]
Left: LO-V-026H The dark area in the extreme lower left is the edge of the frame. The light-colored stripe in the upper right is a defect in the development. Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu) is just outside the northwest rim of 137-km diameter [/Evans Evans] Q, a little of which is visible on the right. The deeply-shadowed elongated crater is unnamed.
Right: LRO WAC. Wan-Hoo overflowed by Hertzsprung ejecta
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 88C1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- From the shadows in LO-V-030H the floor of Wan-Hoo appears to lie 3600 to 4800 m below the west rim. A recent preliminary topographic map from the Chinese [/Lunar%20Missions Chang'e-1] mission suggests the east rim is considerably higher. - JimMosher JimMosher
Nomenclature
- Named for Wan Hoo (unkn-c. 1500), a Chinese official and inventor whose accomplishments have perhaps been enlarged into a myth.
- Wan-Hoo was in the long list of farside names approved by the [/IAU IAU] in 1970 and published in [/Menzel%2C%201971#WAN-HOO Menzel, 1971]. The citation says that "according to legend he constructed a manned rocket of 2 box-like kites and a seat, and 47 solid-propellant rockets; perished in trying to take off."
- The parenthetical part of the name recognizes a former spelling used by the [/IAU IAU]. Exactly when this spelling was used is unclear. It is also unclear if it is supposed to be retained in all future references to this crater or not. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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