Nijland

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Nijland

Lat: 33.0°N, Long: 134.1°E, Diam: 35 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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left: Clementine . right: LROC

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Nijland

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Nomenclature

Albertus Antonie Nijland (Oct 30, 1868 – Aug 18, 1936) was a Dutch astronomer. He was noted for his observations of variable stars, and published a number of papers on the subject from 1917 until 1936. He proposed naming variable stars in each constellation using a simple numbering system beginning with V1, V2, ... and so forth. However the double-letter system starting with RR was already in widespread use. As a result, variable stars after QZ were numbered according to Nijland's system beginning with V335.

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Bibliography

Something to investigate...
Is A. A. Nijland the same person as the Dr. Nyland who's mentioned on page 281 in the book Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies? (William R. Corliss, The Sourcebook Project, 1979), see article On Dark Meteors (Frits Hopman, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 1898), about possible observations of asteroid-like objects appearing between the observers on earth and the moon's disc.