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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2480 AS17-M-1499]''<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2480 AS17-M-1499]''<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Vitruvius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Vitruvius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vitruvius Apollo Images] (see also: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vitruvius%2C+east+of&sort= Vitruvius, east of])<br /> '''- Vitruvius''' was also photographed during the historic first manned mission to the moon in december 1968 (Apollo 8).<br />  See [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/13-e/med/as08-13-2347.jpg AS08-13-2347] and [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/13-e/med/as08-13-2350.jpg AS08-13-2350].<br />  On both photographs, the camera was looking northward at the mountainous region around Apollo 17's Taurus-Littrow landing site (december 1972).<br /> '''Vitruvius''' itself is the pronounced crater with the shadowed interior and the small craterlet on its southern rim. The wrinkle-ridged region in the foreground is part of Mare Tranquillitatis.<br />  - A shadowless '''Vitruvius''' was captured near the right margin of the oblong panoramic ''ITEK''-camera frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-9862 AS15-P-9862].<br />  - Research orbital Apollo photographs: Danny Caes<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Vitruvius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Vitruvius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vitruvius Apollo Images] (see also: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vitruvius%2C+east+of&sort= Vitruvius, east of])<br /> '''- Vitruvius''' was also photographed during the historic first manned mission to the moon in december 1968 (Apollo 8).<br />  See [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/13-e/med/as08-13-2347.jpg AS08-13-2347] and [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/13-e/med/as08-13-2350.jpg AS08-13-2350].<br />  On both photographs, the camera was looking northward at the mountainous region around Apollo 17's Taurus-Littrow landing site (december 1972).<br /> '''Vitruvius''' itself is the pronounced crater with the shadowed interior and the small craterlet on its southern rim. The wrinkle-ridged region in the foreground is part of Mare Tranquillitatis.<br />  - A shadowless '''Vitruvius''' was captured near the right margin of the oblong panoramic ''ITEK''-camera frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-9862 AS15-P-9862].<br />  - Research orbital Apollo photographs: Danny Caes<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' VITRUVIUS.--A ring-plain 19 miles in diameter with bright but not very lofty walls, situated among the mountains near the S.E. side of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]. It is surrounded by a region remarkable for its great variability in brightness. There is a large bright ring-plain on the E., with a less conspicuous companion on the S. of it.<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' VITRUVIUS.--A ring-plain 19 miles in diameter with bright but not very lofty walls, situated among the mountains near the S.E. side of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]. It is surrounded by a region remarkable for its great variability in brightness. There is a large bright ring-plain on the E., with a less conspicuous companion on the S. of it.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius_(crater) Vitruvius]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius_(crater) Vitruvius]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  Pike, 1976: 1.88 km<br />  Arthur, 1974: 1.55 km<br />  Westfall, 2000: 1.88 km<br />  Viscardy, 1985: 1.55 km<br />  Cherrington, 1969: 2.31 km
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* Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  Pike, 1976: 1.88 km<br />  Arthur, 1974: 1.55 km<br />  Westfall, 2000: 1.88 km<br />  Viscardy, 1985: 1.55 km<br />  Cherrington, 1969: 2.31 km
 
* '''Vitruvius A''' is a thermal anomaly crater, implying youthful age - [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
 
* '''Vitruvius A''' is a thermal anomaly crater, implying youthful age - [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
 
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Latest revision as of 03:21, 16 April 2018

Vitruvius

Lat: 17.6°N, Long: 31.3°E, Diam: 29 km, Depth: 1.88 km, Rükl: 25, Upper Imbrian

external image normal_Vitruvius_AS17-M-1499_LTVT.JPG
AS17-M-1499

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images (see also: Vitruvius, east of)
- Vitruvius was also photographed during the historic first manned mission to the moon in december 1968 (Apollo 8).
See AS08-13-2347 and AS08-13-2350.
On both photographs, the camera was looking northward at the mountainous region around Apollo 17's Taurus-Littrow landing site (december 1972).
Vitruvius itself is the pronounced crater with the shadowed interior and the small craterlet on its southern rim. The wrinkle-ridged region in the foreground is part of Mare Tranquillitatis.
- A shadowless Vitruvius was captured near the right margin of the oblong panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS15-P-9862.
- Research orbital Apollo photographs: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 43D4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) VITRUVIUS.--A ring-plain 19 miles in diameter with bright but not very lofty walls, situated among the mountains near the S.E. side of the Mare Serenitatis. It is surrounded by a region remarkable for its great variability in brightness. There is a large bright ring-plain on the E., with a less conspicuous companion on the S. of it.

Description: Wikipedia

Vitruvius

Additional Information

  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    Pike, 1976: 1.88 km
    Arthur, 1974: 1.55 km
    Westfall, 2000: 1.88 km
    Viscardy, 1985: 1.55 km
    Cherrington, 1969: 2.31 km
  • Vitruvius A is a thermal anomaly crater, implying youthful age - Moore et al, 1980


Nomenclature

  • Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus; Roman engineer, architect (unkn-fl. c. 25 B.C.).
  • Crater Vitruvius B was called Fisher by Wilkins and Moore, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Fisher was an American astronomer (1878-1949).
  • Crater Vitruvius G was unofficially called El Greco on Lunar Topographic Ortophotomap 61-A1. Who was El Greco? See this Wikipedia-page.


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