LPACC
Contents
Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)
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[#Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC) Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)]
[#Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)-Description Description]
[#Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)-Bibliography Bibliography]
Description
A user's group formed by NASA in 1974 "to provide sensible guidelines" for lunar mapping (Whitaker, p. 182).
Additional Information
- Since planetary mapping and naming conventions are established by the IAU, it would appear that this committee could never have had any more than an informal advisory role. - JimMosher JimMosher
- According to a note by Whitaker, it was the LPACC that convinced the IAU to restrict the Latin feature-type names used on the Moon to a small list.
- According to Whitaker's book, the name was later changed to Lunar and Planetary Photography and Cartography Committee (LPPACC).
- It is not clear if the LPPACC continues to exist. There seems to be no record of it after 1978. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- E. Whitaker. 1999. Mapping and Naming the Moon.
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