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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Fontana LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Fontana%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Fontana LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Fontana%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 92B1)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac92/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I755/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 92B1)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac92/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I755/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
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===Elger===
 
===Elger===
''([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' FONTANA.--A noteworthy ring-plain, about 20 miles in diameter, W.N.W. of [/Zupus Zupus], with a bright border, exhibiting a narrow gap on the S. and two large contiguous craters on the N.E. The faint central mountain stands on a dusky interior. On the N. is a large peculiar depressed plain with a gently sloping wall, within which are three short rill-like valleys and a crater.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' FONTANA.--A noteworthy ring-plain, about 20 miles in diameter, W.N.W. of [[Zupus|Zupus]], with a bright border, exhibiting a narrow gap on the S. and two large contiguous craters on the N.E. The faint central mountain stands on a dusky interior. On the N. is a large peculiar depressed plain with a gently sloping wall, within which are three short rill-like valleys and a crater.<br /> <br />  
 
===Wikipedia===
 
===Wikipedia===
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana_%28lunar_crater%29 Fontana]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana_%28lunar_crater%29 Fontana]<br /> <br />  
 
===Additional Information===
 
===Additional Information===
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1990 Fontana]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1990 Fontana]
* Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Westfall, 2000: 1.13 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 1.13 km
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Fontana Francesco Fontana] (c. 1585-1646), an Italian astronomer who built telescopes which he felt rivaled or exceed those of Galileo. Fontana, a lawyer by trade, published a number of maps of the Moon, including at least 28 illustrations of [http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/moon/p4.htm different phases] which [/Whitaker Whitaker] refers (p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=aV1i27jDYL8C&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q&f=false 47] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=aV1i27jDYL8C&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false 49], perhaps unjustly) as "wildly imaginative (and inaccurate!)". Some of his images reportedly appeared in books published by others. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span>
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Fontana Francesco Fontana] (c. 1585-1646), an Italian astronomer who built telescopes which he felt rivaled or exceed those of Galileo. Fontana, a lawyer by trade, published a number of maps of the Moon, including at least 28 illustrations of [http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/moon/p4.htm different phases] which [[Whitaker|Whitaker]] refers (p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=aV1i27jDYL8C&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q&f=false 47] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=aV1i27jDYL8C&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false 49], perhaps unjustly) as "wildly imaginative (and inaccurate!)". Some of his images reportedly appeared in books published by others. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span>
 
** The entire text of Fontana's ''Novae coelestium'' is available in the ETH's [http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/130799 e-rara] and in the [http://fermi.imss.fi.it/rd/bdv?/bdviewer/bid=961524&lng=en IMSS Digital Library].
 
** The entire text of Fontana's ''Novae coelestium'' is available in the ETH's [http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/130799 e-rara] and in the [http://fermi.imss.fi.it/rd/bdv?/bdviewer/bid=961524&lng=en IMSS Digital Library].
 
*** Start of [http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/pageview/208057 Lunar section] on e-rara.
 
*** Start of [http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/pageview/208057 Lunar section] on e-rara.
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Note: these two articles are from the days when the so-called moon of Venus ("''Neith''") was a hot topic in the astronomical world.<br />
 
Note: these two articles are from the days when the so-called moon of Venus ("''Neith''") was a hot topic in the astronomical world.<br />
 
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Fontana

Lat: 16.07°S, Long: 56.76°W, Diam: 31.47 km, Depth: 1.13 km, Rükl: 51

Table of Contents

[#Fontana Fontana]
[#Fontana-Images Images]
[#Fontana-Maps Maps]
[#Fontana-Description Description]
[#Fontana-Description-Elger Elger]
[#Fontana-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Fontana-Description-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Fontana-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Fontana-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Fontana-Bibliography Bibliography]
[#Fontana-Fontana in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss) Fontana in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)]
external image normal_Fontana_LO-IV-156H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-156H

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 92B1) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Elger

(IAU Directions) FONTANA.--A noteworthy ring-plain, about 20 miles in diameter, W.N.W. of Zupus, with a bright border, exhibiting a narrow gap on the S. and two large contiguous craters on the N.E. The faint central mountain stands on a dusky interior. On the N. is a large peculiar depressed plain with a gently sloping wall, within which are three short rill-like valleys and a crater.

Wikipedia

Fontana

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Francesco Fontana (c. 1585-1646), an Italian astronomer who built telescopes which he felt rivaled or exceed those of Galileo. Fontana, a lawyer by trade, published a number of maps of the Moon, including at least 28 illustrations of different phases which Whitaker refers (p. 47 and 49, perhaps unjustly) as "wildly imaginative (and inaccurate!)". Some of his images reportedly appeared in books published by others. - JimMosher JimMosher


LPOD Articles


Bibliography


Fontana in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
  • Page 141: The Problematical Satellite of Venus (Observatory, 1884).
  • Page 142: The Supposed Satellite of Venus (Observatory, 1887).

Note: these two articles are from the days when the so-called moon of Venus ("Neith") was a hot topic in the astronomical world.


Named Featues -- Prev: Rimae Focas -- Next: Fontenelle


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