Catena Michelson (GIRD)
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Catena Michelson (GIRD)
| Lat: 1.4°N, Long: 113.4°W, Length: 456 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) | |
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[#Catena Michelson (GIRD) Catena Michelson (GIRD)]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Images Images]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Maps Maps]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description Description]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Catena Michelson (GIRD)-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
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Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 71C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Catena Michelson extends from Michelson crater at its north-western end right upto Grachev crater at its south-eastern end. Like several other catenae in the region, for example, [/Catena%20Leuschner%20%28GDL%29 Catena Leuschner] to its north and [/Catena%20Lucretius%20%28RNII%29 Catena Lucretius] to its south, the most likely source is that of the [/Mare%20Orientale Orientale Basin] -- lying some 150 kilometres away from its south-eastern end. The catena itself is made up of several craters each approximaely 20 km in diameter -- most of which have overlapped together forming a very complex zone.- JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
List of [/Lunar%20Catenae Lunar Catenae].
Nomenclature
- This feature is named after the nearby crater, [/Michelson Michelson]. The parenthetical abbreviation (GIRD) is based on the Russian spelling for the Group for the Study of Reaction Motion, a scientific institute.
- The name GIRD was proposed for this feature on the [/Sternberg%20Lunar%20Nomenclature Complete Map of the Moon] (1967/1969) made under the direction of the [/Sternberg%20Institute Sternberg Institute], and presented to the IAU in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIIB 1967].
- The idea of naming [/catena catenae] after institutes was considered by the [/IAU IAU] starting in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIVB 1970].
- Although the idea of naming catenae after institutes was ultimately rejected, Catena Michelson (GIRD) was among three catenae for which in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIIB#CATENAE 1979] the IAU began recommending that to "provide a cross-reference to the earlier Soviet lunar maps" the name be printed on maps followed by the initials in parenthesis.
- It is unclear from the [/IAU%20Transactions IAU Transactions] when the name Catena Michelson (without the parenthesis) had been assigned.
- The wish to provide a cross-reference to the early Russian farside maps in these three cases is a bit odd, since nearly all farside features had been assigned different provisional names there. By this logic, nearly every modern farside name would require a parenthetical reference to an earlier name on the Russian map (and quite possibly that name would be one in modern use for yet another feature). - JimMosher JimMosher
- Part of what is called the Orientale secondary chains in the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (C.A.Wood/ M.J.S.Collins).
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