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'''Left:''' '''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M119510188ME M119510188ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2552 LO-IV-191H]''<br /> <div id="toc">
 
'''Left:''' '''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M119510188ME M119510188ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2552 LO-IV-191H]''<br /> <div id="toc">
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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium) Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Yerkes LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Yerkes%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Yerkes Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Yerkes LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Yerkes%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Yerkes Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
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''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 62A1)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac62/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I837/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm62/ LM map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto62a1_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 62A1)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac62/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I837/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm62/ LM map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto62a1_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
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==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6658 Yerkes]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6658 Yerkes]
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* Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Pike, 1976: 0.62 km
 
** Pike, 1976: 0.62 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 0.62 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 0.62 km
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==Nomenclature==
 
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tyson_Yerkes Charles Tyson Yerkes] (June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905), an American financier. Yerkes decided in 1892 to bankroll the world's largest telescope after being lobbied by the astronomer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ellery_Hale George Ellery Hale] and University of Chicago president William Rainey Harper. He would contribute nearly $300,000 to the University of Chicago to establish what would become known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes_Observatory Yerkes Observatory], located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Although designed for visual use, [/Ritchey Ritchey] used the Yerkes instruments to photograph the Moon and other objects starting in 1900.
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tyson_Yerkes Charles Tyson Yerkes] (June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905), an American financier. Yerkes decided in 1892 to bankroll the world's largest telescope after being lobbied by the astronomer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ellery_Hale George Ellery Hale] and University of Chicago president William Rainey Harper. He would contribute nearly $300,000 to the University of Chicago to establish what would become known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes_Observatory Yerkes Observatory], located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Although designed for visual use, [[Ritchey|Ritchey]] used the Yerkes instruments to photograph the Moon and other objects starting in 1900.
 
* '''Rimae Yerkes''' (an unofficial name from an explorer of all sorts of lunar surface features for the cluster of rilles west-northwest of '''Yerkes''').
 
* '''Rimae Yerkes''' (an unofficial name from an explorer of all sorts of lunar surface features for the cluster of rilles west-northwest of '''Yerkes''').
 
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 16 April 2018

Yerkes (at the WSW part of Mare Crisium)

Lat: 14.57°N, Long: 51.7°E, Diam: 35.66 km, Depth: 0.62 km, Rükl: 26

external image normal_yerkes.jpg

external image normal_Yerkes_LO-IV-191H_LTVT.JPG

Left: Left: LROC image WAC No. M119510188ME. Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
Right: LO-IV-191H

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  • Named for Charles Tyson Yerkes (June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905), an American financier. Yerkes decided in 1892 to bankroll the world's largest telescope after being lobbied by the astronomer George Ellery Hale and University of Chicago president William Rainey Harper. He would contribute nearly $300,000 to the University of Chicago to establish what would become known as the Yerkes Observatory, located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Although designed for visual use, Ritchey used the Yerkes instruments to photograph the Moon and other objects starting in 1900.
  • Rimae Yerkes (an unofficial name from an explorer of all sorts of lunar surface features for the cluster of rilles west-northwest of Yerkes).


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