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| − | Lat: 15.1°N, Long: 21.5°W, Diam: 50 km, Height: km, [http://the-moon. | + | Lat: 15.1°N, Long: 21.5°W, Diam: 50 km, Height: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2020 Rükl: 20]<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Sinus_Gay-Lussac_LO-IV-126H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Sinus_Gay-Lussac_LO-IV-126H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Sinus_Gay-Lussac_LO-IV-126H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2175 LO-IV-126]'' The large crater in the lower right is [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gay-Lussac Gay-Lussac]. '''Sinus Gay-Lussac''' extends northward from it into [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Imbrium Mare Imbrium].<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Gay-Lussac LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Gay-Lussac%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Gay-Lussac Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Gay-Lussac LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Gay-Lussac%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Gay-Lussac Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 58A2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac58/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I515/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | This once-named protrusion of [http://the-moon. | + | This once-named protrusion of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Imbrium Mare Imbrium] into the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Montes%20Carpatus Carpathian Mountains] to the north-west of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gay-Lussac Gay-Lussac] is no longer part of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Nomenclature IAU Nomenclature]. Secondary craters, presumably from nearby Copernicus, litter the area, including the tadpole-like one in the sinus.<br /> <br /> |
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * Named for the nearby crater ([http://the-moon. | + | * Named for the nearby crater ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gay-Lussac Gay-Lussac]) |
| − | * This name was introduced by [http://the-moon. | + | * This name was introduced by [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Krieger Krieger] and [http://the-moon.us/wiki/K%C3%B6nig König], and accepted as part of the original IAU nomenclature of 1935 as prepared by [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller]. The name was deleted by Kuiper ''et al.'', whose changes to ''Blagg and Müller'' (published in the ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/PLA%20Table%20III Photographic Lunar Atlas]'') were approved by the IAU in 1961. ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Whitaker Whitaker], p. 226) |
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | Printed as '''S. Gay-Lussac''' on the fourth quadrant (the northwest quadrant) of the greenish colored moonmap in A.J.M.Wanders's book ''Op ontdekking in het maanland'' (Het Spectrum, 1949).<span class="membersnap">- | + | Printed as '''S. Gay-Lussac''' on the fourth quadrant (the northwest quadrant) of the greenish colored moonmap in A.J.M.Wanders's book ''Op ontdekking in het maanland'' (Het Spectrum, 1949).<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 13, 2013</small></span><br /> <br /> |
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Latest revision as of 03:17, 16 April 2018
Contents
Sinus Gay-Lussac
(discontinued IAU name)
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Lat: 15.1°N, Long: 21.5°W, Diam: 50 km, Height: km, Rükl: 20 |
LO-IV-126 The large crater in the lower right is Gay-Lussac. Sinus Gay-Lussac extends northward from it into Mare Imbrium.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 58A2) LAC map Geologic map
Description
This once-named protrusion of Mare Imbrium into the Carpathian Mountains to the north-west of Gay-Lussac is no longer part of the IAU Nomenclature. Secondary craters, presumably from nearby Copernicus, litter the area, including the tadpole-like one in the sinus.
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for the nearby crater (Gay-Lussac)
- This name was introduced by Krieger and König, and accepted as part of the original IAU nomenclature of 1935 as prepared by Blagg and Müller. The name was deleted by Kuiper et al., whose changes to Blagg and Müller (published in the Photographic Lunar Atlas) were approved by the IAU in 1961. (Whitaker, p. 226)
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Printed as S. Gay-Lussac on the fourth quadrant (the northwest quadrant) of the greenish colored moonmap in A.J.M.Wanders's book Op ontdekking in het maanland (Het Spectrum, 1949).- DannyCaes Jan 13, 2013
