Difference between revisions of "Kapteyn"
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] | ||
** Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km | ||
| − | ** The shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4184 LO-IV-184H] indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. <span class="membersnap">- | + | ** The shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4184 LO-IV-184H] indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span> |
* Central peak height | * Central peak height | ||
| − | ** The central peak is about 900 m tall. <span class="membersnap">- | + | ** The central peak is about 900 m tall. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span> |
| − | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: <1km <span class="membersnap">- | + | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: <1km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span> |
* '''Kapteyn E''' central peak height | * '''Kapteyn E''' central peak height | ||
| − | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.5 km <span class="membersnap">- | + | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.5 km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:18, 16 April 2018
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Kapteyn
(formerly La Pérouse B)
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Lat: 10.8°S, Long: 70.6°E, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.71 km, Rükl: 49 |
LO-IV-184H; LRO-WAC mosaic
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- According to the Apollo 8 Flight Journal (David Woods and Frank O'Brien), crater Kapteyn was Photographic Target of Opportunity N° 65.
- An oblique south-looking orbital close up of Kapteyn is Apollo 8's frame AS8-13-2270.
Maps
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km
- The shadows in LO-IV-184H indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. - JimMosher
- Central peak height
- The central peak is about 900 m tall. - JimMosher
- Sekiguchi, 1972: <1km - fatastronomer
- Kapteyn E central peak height
- Sekiguchi, 1972: 1.5 km - fatastronomer
Nomenclature
- Named for Jacobus Cornelis Kapteyn (1851-1922), a Dutch astronomer noted for his discovery of evidence of galactic rotation. Kapteyn was the 1913 Bruce Medalist of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and extensive links to information about him can be found there.
- New name for the former Lapeyrouse B given by Arthur and Whitaker in the Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved in IAU Transactions XIIB (1964).
LPOD Articles
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