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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2033&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Lockyer_LO_iv_076_h2.jpg|external image normal_Lockyer_LO_iv_076_h2.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2033 LOIV 076 H2]''<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Lockyer Lockyer]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-Bibliography Bibliography]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Lockyer-J. N. Lockyer in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss) J. N. Lockyer in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2033&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Lockyer_LO_iv_076_h2.jpg|external image normal_Lockyer_LO_iv_076_h2.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2033 LOIV 076 H2]''<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Lockyer LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Lockyer%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> '''Lockyer G''', the crater in the top photograph's upper left corner (with pronounced central peak), is mentioned in the [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/October%2015%2C%202008 LPOD of october the 15th, 2008]. An interesting telescopic target!<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Oct 16, 2008</small></span><br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Lockyer LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Lockyer%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> '''Lockyer G''', the crater in the top photograph's upper left corner (with pronounced central peak), is mentioned in the [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/October%2015%2C%202008 LPOD of october the 15th, 2008]. An interesting telescopic target!<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Oct 16, 2008</small></span><br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 114D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac114/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I694/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 114D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac114/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I694/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' LOCKYER.--A prominent deep ring-plain, 32 miles in diameter, with massive bright lofty walls, standing just outside the S.W. border of [/Janssen Janssen]. Schmidt shows a minute crater on the S. rim. I have seen a crater within, at the inner foot of the E. wall, and a central peak.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' LOCKYER.--A prominent deep ring-plain, 32 miles in diameter, with massive bright lofty walls, standing just outside the S.W. border of [[Janssen|Janssen]]. Schmidt shows a minute crater on the S. rim. I have seen a crater within, at the inner foot of the E. wall, and a central peak.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockyer_(crater) Lockyer]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockyer_(crater) Lockyer]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  
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  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
 
* Westfall, 2000: 1.53 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 1.53 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 3.7 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 3.7 km
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
* Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Norman_Lockyer Joseph Norman Lockyer] (May 17, 1836 – August 16, 1920) was an English scientist, astrophysicist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre [/Janssen Janssen] he is credited with discovering the gas helium. A keen amateur astronomer with a particular interest in the sun, Lockyer eventually became director of the solar physics observatory in Kensington London. To facilitate the transmission of ideas between scientific disciplines, Lockyer established the general science journal [http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html Nature] in 1869.
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* Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Norman_Lockyer Joseph Norman Lockyer] (May 17, 1836 – August 16, 1920) was an English scientist, astrophysicist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre [[Janssen|Janssen]] he is credited with discovering the gas helium. A keen amateur astronomer with a particular interest in the sun, Lockyer eventually became director of the solar physics observatory in Kensington London. To facilitate the transmission of ideas between scientific disciplines, Lockyer established the general science journal [http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html Nature] in 1869.
 
* Crater Lockyer H was called '''''Hill''''' by Hugh Percy Wilkins and Patrick Moore, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name.
 
* Crater Lockyer H was called '''''Hill''''' by Hugh Percy Wilkins and Patrick Moore, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name.
 
* Hill was a contemporary English selenographer.
 
* Hill was a contemporary English selenographer.
* A curiosity: who was William J. S. Lockyer? See ''Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and related luminous phenomena'' (William R. Corliss, ''The Sourcebook Project'', 1982), at GLL2-R6, GLL2-R8, and GLL14-R3. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Apr 15, 2015</small></span>
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* A curiosity: who was William J. S. Lockyer? See ''Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and related luminous phenomena'' (William R. Corliss, ''The Sourcebook Project'', 1982), at GLL2-R6, GLL2-R8, and GLL14-R3. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Apr 15, 2015</small></span>
 
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==LPOD Articles==
 
==LPOD Articles==
[http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061213 Blacky and Wispy.] [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/October%2015%2C%202008 Hemispherical Peak] ('''Lockyer G''').<br /> <br />  
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[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/December_13,_2006 Blacky and Wispy.] [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/October%2015%2C%202008 Hemispherical Peak] ('''Lockyer G''').<br /> <br />  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
  Lockyer H ('''''Hill'''''): ''THE MOON'' by H.P.Wilkins and Patrick Moore.<br /> <br />  
 
  Lockyer H ('''''Hill'''''): ''THE MOON'' by H.P.Wilkins and Patrick Moore.<br /> <br />  
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Latest revision as of 03:01, 16 April 2018

Lockyer

Lat: 46.2°S, Long: 36.7°E, Diam: 34 km, Depth: 1.53 km, Rükl: 67

external image normal_Lockyer_LO_iv_076_h2.jpg
LOIV 076 H2

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Lockyer G, the crater in the top photograph's upper left corner (with pronounced central peak), is mentioned in the LPOD of october the 15th, 2008. An interesting telescopic target!- DannyCaes Oct 16, 2008

Maps

(LAC zone 114D4) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) LOCKYER.--A prominent deep ring-plain, 32 miles in diameter, with massive bright lofty walls, standing just outside the S.W. border of Janssen. Schmidt shows a minute crater on the S. rim. I have seen a crater within, at the inner foot of the E. wall, and a central peak.

Description: Wikipedia

Lockyer

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 1.53 km
  • Viscardy, 1985: 3.7 km


Nomenclature

  • Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (May 17, 1836 – August 16, 1920) was an English scientist, astrophysicist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. A keen amateur astronomer with a particular interest in the sun, Lockyer eventually became director of the solar physics observatory in Kensington London. To facilitate the transmission of ideas between scientific disciplines, Lockyer established the general science journal Nature in 1869.
  • Crater Lockyer H was called Hill by Hugh Percy Wilkins and Patrick Moore, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name.
  • Hill was a contemporary English selenographer.
  • A curiosity: who was William J. S. Lockyer? See Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and related luminous phenomena (William R. Corliss, The Sourcebook Project, 1982), at GLL2-R6, GLL2-R8, and GLL14-R3. - DannyCaes Apr 15, 2015


LPOD Articles

Blacky and Wispy. Hemispherical Peak (Lockyer G).

Bibliography

Lockyer H (Hill): THE MOON by H.P.Wilkins and Patrick Moore.

J. N. Lockyer in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
  • Page 379: The Canals of Mars (Walter E. Maunder, Knowledge, 1894).