Murakami

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Murakami (aka Egnitis)

(formerly Mariotte Y)
Lat: 23.43°S, Long: 141°W, Diam: 44.52 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

external image normal_murakami.jpg
LROC image WAC No. M118416953ME. Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Frame 31, made by ZOND 8, shows Murakami at about "1 o' clock" of the frame's central cross ("halfway" between the frame's upper margin and the central cross).
Research: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 106A3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Wikipedia

Murakami

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Harutaro; Japanese physicist, astronomer (1872-1947).
  • According to Whitaker (p. 236), this replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced in NASA RP-1097. It was approved by the IAU in 1991 (IAU Transactions XXIA).
  • Mariotte Y (Murakami) was once known as Egnitis or Eginitis. This name was printed on the farside map made by Antonin Rukl, and also on the Hallwag map made by Hans Schwarzenbach.- DannyCaes Jun 20, 2010


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