Kao
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[hide]Kao (of the pair Kao-Helmert in Mare Smythii)
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Lat: 6.7°S, Long: 87.6°E, Diam: 34 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 49 |
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Kao is the larger dark-floored crater at the top; overlain by the smaller Helmert at the bottom.
Images
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- Apollo 10's oblique south looking photograph AS10-33-4891 shows the high-albedo bowl shaped craterlet Tucker immediately north (or slightly north-northeast) of Kao and west of Swasey.
- Research: Danny Caes
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Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Ping-Tse; Taiwanese astronomer (1888-1970).
- This name appears on LTO-81B3. It does not appear to replace any previous IAU-approved designation. It was approved in IAU Transactions XVIIIB (1982). - Jim Mosher
- Perhaps it might be interesting to know something about the "godfather of broadband" and/or the "father of fiber optics": Charles K. Kao.- DannyCaes Mar 23, 2013
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