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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Tacitus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Tacitus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Tacitus Apollo Images]<br />  - '''Tacitus''' was also captured on several frames made by the southward looking mapping/metric ''Fairchild'' camera of Apollo 16, such as in frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-M-0697 AS16-M-0697], which shows the pronounced crater '''Tacitus''' slightly "above" the centre of the line which connects the frame's centre and the centre of the frame's left margin.<br />  - Research: Danny Caes.<br /> <br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Tacitus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Tacitus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Tacitus Apollo Images]<br />  - '''Tacitus''' was also captured on several frames made by the southward looking mapping/metric ''Fairchild'' camera of Apollo 16, such as in frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-M-0697 AS16-M-0697], which shows the pronounced crater '''Tacitus''' slightly "above" the centre of the line which connects the frame's centre and the centre of the frame's left margin.<br />  - Research: Danny Caes.<br /> <br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 96A2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac96/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I690/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 96A2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac96/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I690/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' TACITUS.--A bright ring-plain, about 28 miles in diameter, a few miles W. of [/Catharina Catherina], with a lofty wall rising both on the W. and E. to more than 11,000 feet above the floor. Its continuity is broken on the N. by a gap occupied by a depression, and there is a conspicuous crater below the crest on the S.E. The central mountain is connected with the N. wall by a ridge, recalling the same arrangement within [/M%C3%A4dler Mädler]. A range of lofty hills, an offshoot of the [/Rupes%20Altai Altai range], extends from Tacitus towards [/Fermat Fermat].<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' TACITUS.--A bright ring-plain, about 28 miles in diameter, a few miles W. of [[Catharina|Catherina]], with a lofty wall rising both on the W. and E. to more than 11,000 feet above the floor. Its continuity is broken on the N. by a gap occupied by a depression, and there is a conspicuous crater below the crest on the S.E. The central mountain is connected with the N. wall by a ridge, recalling the same arrangement within [[M%C3%A4dler|Mädler]]. A range of lofty hills, an offshoot of the [[Rupes%20Altai|Altai range]], extends from Tacitus towards [[Fermat|Fermat]].<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_(crater) Tacitus]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_(crater) Tacitus]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Westfall, 2000: 2.84 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 2.84 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.84 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.84 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.83 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.83 km
 
* Central peak height
 
* Central peak height
** [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: 0.5 km "Very long dyke parallel to the meridian line" <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 0.5 km "Very long dyke parallel to the meridian line" <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
 
* '''Tacitus D''' central peak height
 
* '''Tacitus D''' central peak height
** [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: 0.5 km "A mountain having a summit crater" <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 0.5 km "A mountain having a summit crater" <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
 
* A bright "half ejectablanket" at 17°35' South/ 19°15' East (immediately south of '''Tacitus''') is noticeable during the days before, during, and after Full Moon. This ejectablanket looks like some sort of bright "arc". See LROC close-up''':''' http://bit.ly/2ChElPC<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>Jan 18, 2009</small></span>
 
* A bright "half ejectablanket" at 17°35' South/ 19°15' East (immediately south of '''Tacitus''') is noticeable during the days before, during, and after Full Moon. This ejectablanket looks like some sort of bright "arc". See LROC close-up''':''' http://bit.ly/2ChElPC<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>Jan 18, 2009</small></span>
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
* According to the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer], this feature is named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Tacitus Cornelius Tacitus] (ca. 56 – ca. 117), a senator and historian of the Roman Empire.
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* According to the [[IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer|IAU Planetary Gazetteer]], this feature is named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Tacitus Cornelius Tacitus] (ca. 56 – ca. 117), a senator and historian of the Roman Empire.
* As noted by Kuiper in [/PLA%20Table%20III Table III] of his ''[/Photographic%20Lunar%20Atlas Photographic Lunar Atlas]'', the present name is actually a misspelling by [/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler] of the name '''Tatius''' given by [/Riccioli Riccioli]. Riccioli had in mind a certain '''Achilles Tatius''' of the 4th century A.D., who he describes in his Chronology as a Bishop of Alexandria.
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* As noted by Kuiper in [[PLA%20Table%20III|Table III]] of his ''[[Photographic%20Lunar%20Atlas|Photographic Lunar Atlas]]'', the present name is actually a misspelling by [[Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler|Beer and Mädler]] of the name '''Tatius''' given by [[Riccioli|Riccioli]]. Riccioli had in mind a certain '''Achilles Tatius''' of the 4th century A.D., who he describes in his Chronology as a Bishop of Alexandria.
* This feature is Catalog number 3759 in Mary Blagg's ''[/Collated%20List Collated List]'', where the spelling '''Tacitus''' was used by all three authorities, and was adopted in that form in the original IAU nomenclature of ''[/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations]''.
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* This feature is Catalog number 3759 in Mary Blagg's ''[[Collated%20List|Collated List]]'', where the spelling '''Tacitus''' was used by all three authorities, and was adopted in that form in the original IAU nomenclature of ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]''.
 
* Kuiper observed it would be too confusing to "correct" the spelling.
 
* Kuiper observed it would be too confusing to "correct" the spelling.
 
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Revision as of 16:19, 15 April 2018

Tacitus

Lat: 16.2°S, Long: 19.0°E, Diam: 39 km, Depth: 2.84 km, Rükl: 57

Table of Contents

[#Tacitus Tacitus]
[#Tacitus-Images Images]
[#Tacitus-Maps Maps]
[#Tacitus-Description Description]
[#Tacitus-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Tacitus-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Tacitus-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Tacitus-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Tacitus-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Tacitus-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image Tacitus_LO_iv_089_h2.jpg
LOIV 089 H2

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Tacitus was also captured on several frames made by the southward looking mapping/metric Fairchild camera of Apollo 16, such as in frame AS16-M-0697, which shows the pronounced crater Tacitus slightly "above" the centre of the line which connects the frame's centre and the centre of the frame's left margin.
- Research: Danny Caes.


Maps

(LAC zone 96A2) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) TACITUS.--A bright ring-plain, about 28 miles in diameter, a few miles W. of Catherina, with a lofty wall rising both on the W. and E. to more than 11,000 feet above the floor. Its continuity is broken on the N. by a gap occupied by a depression, and there is a conspicuous crater below the crest on the S.E. The central mountain is connected with the N. wall by a ridge, recalling the same arrangement within Mädler. A range of lofty hills, an offshoot of the Altai range, extends from Tacitus towards Fermat.

Description: Wikipedia

Tacitus

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • According to the IAU Planetary Gazetteer, this feature is named for Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 – ca. 117), a senator and historian of the Roman Empire.
  • As noted by Kuiper in Table III of his Photographic Lunar Atlas, the present name is actually a misspelling by Beer and Mädler of the name Tatius given by Riccioli. Riccioli had in mind a certain Achilles Tatius of the 4th century A.D., who he describes in his Chronology as a Bishop of Alexandria.
  • This feature is Catalog number 3759 in Mary Blagg's Collated List, where the spelling Tacitus was used by all three authorities, and was adopted in that form in the original IAU nomenclature of Named Lunar Formations.
  • Kuiper observed it would be too confusing to "correct" the spelling.


LPOD Articles


Bibliography




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