Khvol'son
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Khvol'son
| Lat: 13.8°S, Long: 111.4°E, Diam: 54 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
left: Clementine . right: LROC
Images
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Khvol'son (or Khwolson, thus printed on page 167 of the Clementine Atlas) was also captured on several frames made by Apollo 17's orbital panoramic ITEK-camera.
One of them, frame AS17-P-2817, shows the whole of Khvol'son's floor (scroll a little bit to the right).
Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 83D4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Orest Danilovich Khvol'son (November 22, 1852 - May 11, 1934) was a Russian physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920). He authored a number of works on electricity, magnetism, photometry, and actinometry.
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