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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/gagarin-lo-i_116_m.jpg [[Image:Gagarin-lo-i_116_m.jpg|external image gagarin-lo-i_116_m.jpg]]][[Image:Gagarin.jpg|Gagarin.jpg]]<br /> ''Upper image''':''' [http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2171 Lunar Orbiter I] '''.'''''<br /> ''Lower Image''':''''' ''Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)'''''.''' Dark-floored 90 km-wide '''[[Isaev|Isaev]]''' lies on the northwestern part of '''Gagarin''''s floor.<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Gagarin LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Gagarin%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Gagarin Apollo Images] [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071106.html ASU Apollo Image Archive]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Gagarin LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Gagarin%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Gagarin Apollo Images] [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071106.html ASU Apollo Image Archive]<br /> <br /> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968).<br /> | Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968).<br /> | ||
| − | * '''Gagarin''' was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [ | + | * '''Gagarin''' was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [[Menzel%2C%201971|Menzel, 1971]]. |
| − | * In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "'''Texas'''" (source: [http:// | + | * In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "'''Texas'''" (source: [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_9,_2007 Phil Stooke's LPOD]). |
| − | * IAU-named craters on the floor of '''Gagarin''': [ | + | * IAU-named craters on the floor of '''Gagarin''': [[Andronov|Andronov]] (at the southwestern part of '''Gagarin''''s rim), [[Balandin|Balandin]], [[Grave|Grave]], [[Kosberg|Kosberg]], [[Isaev|Isaev]], and [[Raspletin|Raspletin]]. |
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- Gagarin and a small bright ray-craterlet on Gagarin's west flank:<br /> APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 5: Craters ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch5.1.htm Part 1]), Figures 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101.<br /> - Unusual craters in Gagarin:<br /> AOTM, Chapter 7: Unusual Features ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch7.2.htm Part 2]), Figures 239 and 240.<br /> <br /> | - Gagarin and a small bright ray-craterlet on Gagarin's west flank:<br /> APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 5: Craters ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch5.1.htm Part 1]), Figures 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101.<br /> - Unusual craters in Gagarin:<br /> AOTM, Chapter 7: Unusual Features ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch7.2.htm Part 2]), Figures 239 and 240.<br /> <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:49, 16 April 2018
Contents
Gagarin - with Andronov, Balandin, Grave, Isaev, Kosberg, and Raspletin on its floor
| Lat: 20.2°S, Long: 149.2°E, Diam: 265 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
Upper image: Lunar Orbiter I .
Lower Image: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Dark-floored 90 km-wide Isaev lies on the northwestern part of Gagarin's floor.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images ASU Apollo Image Archive
Maps
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968).
- Gagarin was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
- In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Texas" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).
- IAU-named craters on the floor of Gagarin: Andronov (at the southwestern part of Gagarin's rim), Balandin, Grave, Kosberg, Isaev, and Raspletin.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Gagarin and a small bright ray-craterlet on Gagarin's west flank:
APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 5: Craters (Part 1), Figures 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101.
- Unusual craters in Gagarin:
AOTM, Chapter 7: Unusual Features (Part 2), Figures 239 and 240.
