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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2867 AS17-M-2834]'' '''Widmannstätten''' is the relatively small crater in the upper right, overlain by the younger and larger [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kiess Kiess] (center). The even fresher 30-km crater in the lower left is '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/K%C3%A4stner Kästner] S'''.<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii) Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2867 AS17-M-2834]'' '''Widmannstätten''' is the relatively small crater in the upper right, overlain by the younger and larger [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kiess Kiess] (center). The even fresher 30-km crater in the lower left is '''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/K%C3%A4stner Kästner] S'''.<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Widmannstatten LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Widmannstatten%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Widmannstatten Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Widmannstatten LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Widmannstatten%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Widmannstatten Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_von_Beckh-Widmannst%C3%A4tten Aloys Joseph Beck Edler von Widmannstätten] (1754-1849), a German physicist. (Spelling changed from Widmanstätten.)
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_von_Beckh-Widmannst%C3%A4tten Aloys Joseph Beck Edler von Widmannstätten] (1754-1849), a German physicist. (Spelling changed from Widmanstätten.)
* This name appears on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto81b3_1/ LTO-81B3] (for which it served as the chart title). It does not appear to replace any previous IAU-approved designation. Although it appears in the cumulative list of approved names printed in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB], when and how it came to be approved is not entirely clear from the IAU record. Biographical information was unofficially reported in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974]. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span>
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* This name appears on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto81b3_1/ LTO-81B3] (for which it served as the chart title). It does not appear to replace any previous IAU-approved designation. Although it appears in the cumulative list of approved names printed in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB], when and how it came to be approved is not entirely clear from the IAU record. Biographical information was unofficially reported in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974]. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>
 
* '''Widmannstätten''' and nearby [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kiess Kiess] were called the '''Wright brothers''' by NASA personnel (this during the hey-days of the Apollo program).
 
* '''Widmannstätten''' and nearby [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kiess Kiess] were called the '''Wright brothers''' by NASA personnel (this during the hey-days of the Apollo program).
* Erroneously printed as '''WIDMANSTATTEN''' (without the second '''N''') on LAC 81 (page 163) in both the 2004 and 2012 editions of the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon''.<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 13, 2013</small></span>
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* Erroneously printed as '''WIDMANSTATTEN''' (without the second '''N''') on LAC 81 (page 163) in both the 2004 and 2012 editions of the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon''.<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 13, 2013</small></span>
 
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Revision as of 17:58, 15 April 2018

Widmannstätten (of the pair Kiess-Widmannstatten in Mare Smythii)

Lat: 6.11°S, Long: 85.44°E, Diam: 52.88 km, Depth: 0.72 km, Rükl: 49

external image normal_Kiess_AS17-M-2834_LTVT.JPG
AS17-M-2834 Widmannstätten is the relatively small crater in the upper right, overlain by the younger and larger Kiess (center). The even fresher 30-km crater in the lower left is Kästner S.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 81B3) LTO map

Description


Wikipedia

Widmannstätten

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Aloys Joseph Beck Edler von Widmannstätten (1754-1849), a German physicist. (Spelling changed from Widmanstätten.)
  • This name appears on LTO-81B3 (for which it served as the chart title). It does not appear to replace any previous IAU-approved designation. Although it appears in the cumulative list of approved names printed in IAU Transactions XVB, when and how it came to be approved is not entirely clear from the IAU record. Biographical information was unofficially reported in Ashbrook, 1974. - Jim Mosher
  • Widmannstätten and nearby Kiess were called the Wright brothers by NASA personnel (this during the hey-days of the Apollo program).
  • Erroneously printed as WIDMANSTATTEN (without the second N) on LAC 81 (page 163) in both the 2004 and 2012 editions of the Clementine Atlas of the Moon.- DannyCaes Jan 13, 2013


LPOD Articles


Bibliography

  • Craters Widmannstätten and Kiess as the "Wright brothers": NASA SP-330, page 28-12.



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