Petermann

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Petermann

Lat: 74.37°N, Long: 67.74°E, Diam: 73.16 km, Depth: 3.0 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%205 Rükl 5], [/Stratigraphy Nectarian]

Table of Contents

[#Petermann Petermann]
[#Petermann-Images Images]
[#Petermann-Maps Maps]
[#Petermann-Description Description]
[#Petermann-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Petermann-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Petermann-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Petermann-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Petermann-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Petermann_Clementine_LTVT.JPG
Clementine The 8-km diameter circular crater in the upper right is Petermann S. The 11-km one in the lower left is Petermann B. The bright arch along the lower margin is the north rim of the neighboring crater [/Cusanus Cusanus].

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 5A3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Wikipedia

Petermann

Additional Information

  • IAU page: Petermann
  • Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
    • Westfall, 2000: 3.33 km
    • Cherrington, 1969: 3.68 km
  • Measures on LRO QuickMap give depth range from about 1.8 to 3.5, ave about 43.0 km
  • Remarkable flat mare-like region of Diameter 5 to 6 kilometers northeast of both Petermann A and Petermann Y. See: http://bit.ly/2Cf166g


Nomenclature

  • Named for August Heinrich Petermann (1822-1878), a German cartographer and geographer especially noted for his contributions to knowledge about the then poorly known regions of Africa and the Arctic. Petermann contributed a nomenclature map of the Moon to Thomas Milner's 1850 book (republished in 1853). One of Petermann's students was [/Debes Ernst Debes], who published a more extensive lunar guide.
  • According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 224), this name was introduced by [/Schmidt Schmidt].


LPOD Articles

Profile in Confusion

Bibliography

  • Anon. 1885. The House of Perthes, Of Gotha. The Publishers Weekly, Volume 28. p. 602.
  • Milner, Thomas, and A. Petermann. 1850. A descriptive atlas of astronomy and of physical and political geography: with descriptive letter-press. London: Orr. (see also the reproduction of the lunar map in the [/International%20Planetary%20Cartography%20Database International Planetary Cartography Database])




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