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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 /> | |
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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">- | + | * 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">- | + | * 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
Contents
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 |
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
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Widmannstätten
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 0.72 km
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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