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'''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M117249908ME M117249908ME] (calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer]).<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2726 LO-IV-072H]'' '''Gaudibert''' is the oddly-shaped crater in the center. The 9-km crater touching its rim at 6 o’clock is '''Gaudibert C'''. Below that, the north rim of 21-km '''Gaudibert A''' is visible along the bottom margin.<br /> <div id="toc">
 
'''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M117249908ME M117249908ME] (calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer]).<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2726 LO-IV-072H]'' '''Gaudibert''' is the oddly-shaped crater in the center. The 9-km crater touching its rim at 6 o’clock is '''Gaudibert C'''. Below that, the north rim of 21-km '''Gaudibert A''' is visible along the bottom margin.<br /> <div id="toc">
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudibert_(crater) Gaudibert]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudibert_(crater) Gaudibert]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* 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: 0.62 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 0.62 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 1.6 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 1.6 km
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** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]:
 
** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]:
 
*** western hill: 2.5 km
 
*** western hill: 2.5 km
*** eastern hill: 2.0 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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*** eastern hill: 2.0 km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
 
* [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20090224.html Mysterious Gaudibert Crater] - Some information on the morphology of '''Gaudibert''' as featured in 'Image of the Week' (02/24/2009) from the [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/ Apollo Image Archive].
 
* [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20090224.html Mysterious Gaudibert Crater] - Some information on the morphology of '''Gaudibert''' as featured in 'Image of the Week' (02/24/2009) from the [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/ Apollo Image Archive].
 
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Marie_Gaudibert Casimir Marie Gaudibert] (1823-1901), a French astronomer.
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Marie_Gaudibert Casimir Marie Gaudibert] (1823-1901), a French astronomer.
 
* According to ''[[Whitaker|Whitaker]]'' (p. 226), this name was introduced by [[Krieger|Krieger]] and [[K%C3%B6nig|König]].
 
* According to ''[[Whitaker|Whitaker]]'' (p. 226), this name was introduced by [[Krieger|Krieger]] and [[K%C3%B6nig|König]].
* In 1887, Gaudibert, under the direction of Camille [[Flammarion|Flammarion]] (and with Léon Fenet doing the art work), published a lunar map in which they introduced six names later adopted into the original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]]: [[Carpenter|Carpenter]], [[Flammarion|Flammarion]], [[Henry%20Fr%C3%A8res|Frères Henry]] (meaning since changed), [[Mouchez|Mouchez]], [[Nasmyth|Nasmyth]] and [[Rutherfurd|Rutherfurd]] ([[Whitaker|Whitaker]], p. 150). A small reproduction of the map appears on p. 149 of Whitaker's book. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>
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* In 1887, Gaudibert, under the direction of Camille [[Flammarion|Flammarion]] (and with Léon Fenet doing the art work), published a lunar map in which they introduced six names later adopted into the original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]]: [[Carpenter|Carpenter]], [[Flammarion|Flammarion]], [[Henry%20Fr%C3%A8res|Frères Henry]] (meaning since changed), [[Mouchez|Mouchez]], [[Nasmyth|Nasmyth]] and [[Rutherfurd|Rutherfurd]] ([[Whitaker|Whitaker]], p. 150). A small reproduction of the map appears on p. 149 of Whitaker's book. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span>
 
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==Lettered Craters==
 
==Lettered Craters==

Latest revision as of 21:14, 16 April 2018

Gaudibert

Lat: 10.9°S, Long: 37.8°E, Diam: 34 km, Depth: 0.62 km, Rükl: 47

external image normal_Gaudibert-117249908ME.jpg

external image normal_Gaudibert_LO-IV-072H_LTVT.JPG

Left: LROC image WAC No. M117249908ME (calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer).
Right: LO-IV-072H Gaudibert is the oddly-shaped crater in the center. The 9-km crater touching its rim at 6 o’clock is Gaudibert C. Below that, the north rim of 21-km Gaudibert A is visible along the bottom margin.

Images

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Description


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Gaudibert

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Nomenclature


Lettered Craters

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Left: Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon - LAC 79.
Right: WAC view (M117249908ME) of the lettered craters. Click image for larger view.

LPOD Articles

A Crater of Multiple Strangeness

Bibliography

Hawke, B. A. et al (1997) Remote Sensing Studies of Geologic Units in the Eastern Nectaris Region of the Moon - from the 28th Lunar And Planetary Institute Conference 1997.

C. Gaudibert in the Sourcebook Project:

  • Curious Lunar Formation (English Mechanic, 1874), see: Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (William R. Corliss, The Sourcebook Project, 1979).