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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=5073&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_tikhominov.jpg|external image normal_tikhominov.jpg]]]<br /> ''[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/M103452439ME M103452439ME]. Extremely hard to detect in this image, the lettered craters' image below might be of help. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> <br /> | |
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Tikhomirov LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Tikhomirov%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Tikhomirov Apollo Images]<br /> The LPI's Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 5's frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/5085_med.jpg LOV-085-med] shows the location of '''Tikhomirov''' near the frame's lower margin. Even in these low-sun circumstances (pre-sunset light from the west) it is quite a task to try to recognize the formation officially known as '''Tikhomirov'''.<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Tikhomirov LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Tikhomirov%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Tikhomirov Apollo Images]<br /> The LPI's Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 5's frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/5085_med.jpg LOV-085-med] shows the location of '''Tikhomirov''' near the frame's lower margin. Even in these low-sun circumstances (pre-sunset light from the west) it is quite a task to try to recognize the formation officially known as '''Tikhomirov'''.<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | - Nikolaj Ivanovich; Soviet chemical engineer (1860-1930).<br /> - What were the scientific reasons to give such a hard-to-detect (and almost non-existent) surface formation an official name? <span class="membersnap">- | + | - Nikolaj Ivanovich; Soviet chemical engineer (1860-1930).<br /> - What were the scientific reasons to give such a hard-to-detect (and almost non-existent) surface formation an official name? <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Nov 28, 2012</small></span><br /> - Printed as '''Tihomirov''' (without '''k''') on Antonin Rukl's farside map of 1972 (Reidel Dordrecht). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Nov 29, 2012</small></span><br /> <br /> |
==Lettered craters== | ==Lettered craters== | ||
[[Image:tikhomirov-letter.jpg|tikhomirov-letter.jpg]]<br /> Graphic LAC [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_49_lo.pdf No. 49]. Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon].''<br /> <br /> | [[Image:tikhomirov-letter.jpg|tikhomirov-letter.jpg]]<br /> Graphic LAC [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_49_lo.pdf No. 49]. Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon].''<br /> <br /> | ||
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[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Alphabetical%20Index Named Features] -- Prev: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Thomson Thomson] -- Next: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tikhov Tikhov]<br /> | [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Alphabetical%20Index Named Features] -- Prev: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Thomson Thomson] -- Next: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tikhov Tikhov]<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 16:55, 15 April 2018
Contents
Tikhomirov
| Lat: 24.2°N, Long: 161.33°E, Diam: 86.43 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
LROC image WAC No. M103452439ME. Extremely hard to detect in this image, the lettered craters' image below might be of help. Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
The LPI's Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 5's frame LOV-085-med shows the location of Tikhomirov near the frame's lower margin. Even in these low-sun circumstances (pre-sunset light from the west) it is quite a task to try to recognize the formation officially known as Tikhomirov.
Research Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 49B4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Tikhomirov
Nomenclature
- Nikolaj Ivanovich; Soviet chemical engineer (1860-1930).
- What were the scientific reasons to give such a hard-to-detect (and almost non-existent) surface formation an official name? - DannyCaes Nov 28, 2012
- Printed as Tihomirov (without k) on Antonin Rukl's farside map of 1972 (Reidel Dordrecht). - DannyCaes Nov 29, 2012
Lettered craters
Graphic LAC No. 49. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.
LROC Articles
Forked Impact Melt Flows at Farside Crater (north-northeast of Tikhomirov Y, south-southwest of Steno N) (about halfway between these two craters).
Bibliography
Named Features -- Prev: Thomson -- Next: Tikhov
