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'''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&west=100.57&south=21.09&east=119.74&north=34.31¢er=110.155¢er_lat=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&resamp_method=nearest_neighbor&projection=SIMP&r=1&g=1&b=1&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=89.2586989409985&lines=1181&samples=1712&scale=0.33972&imageTopX=-290634.1406106949&imageTopY=1040405.6757688522&box=no&x=158&y=422 Clementine] view. '''Middle:''' Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47]. '''Right:''' Combined, color-coded topography image [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46.pdf LAC46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].<br /> <div id="toc"> | '''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&west=100.57&south=21.09&east=119.74&north=34.31¢er=110.155¢er_lat=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&resamp_method=nearest_neighbor&projection=SIMP&r=1&g=1&b=1&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=89.2586989409985&lines=1181&samples=1712&scale=0.33972&imageTopX=-290634.1406106949&imageTopY=1040405.6757688522&box=no&x=158&y=422 Clementine] view. '''Middle:''' Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47]. '''Right:''' Combined, color-coded topography image [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46.pdf LAC46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].<br /> <div id="toc"> | ||
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==Lettered Craters== | ==Lettered Craters== | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Espin-letter.jpg|espin-letter.jpg]]<br /> Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon] -- Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].''<br /> <br /> |
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Latest revision as of 02:48, 16 April 2018
Contents
Espin
| Lat: 28.1°N, Long: 109.1°E, Diam: 75 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) | ||
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Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Espin was also captured near the lower margin of Apollo 16's color-Hasselblad AS16-121-19434.
- AS16-P-5507, which is the first one of Apollo 16's ITEK-camera frames of Magazine "T.E." (Trans Earth Coast) shows Espin near the moon's limb at right.
- Research Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 46B2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for Thomas Henry Espinall Compton Espin (May 28, 1858 - December 2, 1934), a British amateur astronomer who discovered many nebulas, variable stars, and more than 2500 double stars, as well as publishing a catalog of 3800 red stars. Espin was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1913.
- As a lunar name, Espin first appeared in the long list of farside names published by the IAU in Menzel, 1971.
Lettered Craters
Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon -- Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both LAC 46 and LAC 47 from USGS Digital Atlas.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
T. E. Espin in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)
- In Mysterious Universe; a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
- Page 509: A Remarkable Object in Perseus (Royal Astronomical Society - Monthly Notices, 1898).
