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| − | Lat: 46.46°S, Long: 67.81°E, Diam: 61.53 km, Depth: 3.68 km, [http://the-moon. | + | Lat: 46.46°S, Long: 67.81°E, Diam: 61.53 km, Depth: 3.68 km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2069 Rükl 69], pre-Nectarian<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Peirescius_LO-IV-178H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Peirescius_LO-IV-178H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Peirescius_LO-IV-178H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1876 LO-IV-178H]''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peirescius LPOD Photo Gallery images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peirescius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Peirescius Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peirescius LPOD Photo Gallery images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peirescius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Peirescius Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 115D3)''<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4634 Peirescius] | * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4634 Peirescius] | ||
| − | * Depth data from [http://the-moon. | + | * Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database] |
** Westfall, 2000: 3.68 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 3.68 km | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Claude_Fabri_de_Peiresc Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc] (1580-1637), a French astronomer, archaeologist. Along with [http://the-moon. | + | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Claude_Fabri_de_Peiresc Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc] (1580-1637), a French astronomer, archaeologist. Along with [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gassendi Gassendi], Peiresc commissioned one of the first and best systematic [http://www.pacifier.com/~tpope/Mellan_Moon_Engraving.htm series of drawings]of the Moon, with Claude Mellan as the artist. Its primary purpose was to facilitate the accurate timing of the passage of the Earth's shadow over the Moon's features during a lunar eclipse. Unfortunately he died before the project could be brought to completion. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
** [http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/ClaudeMellanPierreGassendiThreeMapsOfTheMoon.html Prints] of the Mellan engravings were displayed in an exhibit in Florence celebrating 400 years of the telescope. | ** [http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/ClaudeMellanPierreGassendiThreeMapsOfTheMoon.html Prints] of the Mellan engravings were displayed in an exhibit in Florence celebrating 400 years of the telescope. | ||
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Unusual brightness phenomena at '''Peirescius'''? See page 232 of Harold Hill's ''A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings'' (Cambridge, 1991).<br /> <br /> | Unusual brightness phenomena at '''Peirescius'''? See page 232 of Harold Hill's ''A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings'' (Cambridge, 1991).<br /> <br /> | ||
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| − | [http://the-moon. | + | [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Alphabetical%20Index Named Featues] -- Prev: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Peirce Peirce] -- Next: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mons%20Penck Mons Penck]<br /> |
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 16 April 2018
Contents
Peirescius
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Lat: 46.46°S, Long: 67.81°E, Diam: 61.53 km, Depth: 3.68 km, Rükl 69, pre-Nectarian |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery images Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 115D3)
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Peirescius
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 3.68 km
Nomenclature
- Named for Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637), a French astronomer, archaeologist. Along with Gassendi, Peiresc commissioned one of the first and best systematic series of drawingsof the Moon, with Claude Mellan as the artist. Its primary purpose was to facilitate the accurate timing of the passage of the Earth's shadow over the Moon's features during a lunar eclipse. Unfortunately he died before the project could be brought to completion. - Jim Mosher
- Prints of the Mellan engravings were displayed in an exhibit in Florence celebrating 400 years of the telescope.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Unusual brightness phenomena at Peirescius? See page 232 of Harold Hill's A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Cambridge, 1991).
Named Featues -- Prev: Peirce -- Next: Mons Penck
