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'''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&west=100.57&south=21.09&east=119.74&north=34.31&center=110.155&center_lat=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&resamp_method=nearest_neighbor&projection=SIMP&r=1&g=1&b=1&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=89.2586989409985&lines=1181&samples=1712&scale=0.33972&imageTopX=-290634.1406106949&imageTopY=1040405.6757688522&box=no&x=158&y=422 Clementine] view. '''Middle:''' Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47]. '''Right:''' Combined, color-coded topography image [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46.pdf LAC46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].<br /> <div id="toc">
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'''Left:''' [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Moon&layers=moon_clementine_base_v2&west=100.57&south=21.09&east=119.74&north=34.31&center=110.155&center_lat=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&resamp_method=nearest_neighbor&projection=SIMP&r=1&g=1&b=1&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=89.2586989409985&lines=1181&samples=1712&scale=0.33972&imageTopX=-290634.1406106949&imageTopY=1040405.6757688522&box=no&x=158&y=422 Clementine] view. '''Middle:''' Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47]. '''Right:''' Combined, color-coded topography image [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46.pdf LAC46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].<br /> <div id="toc">
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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Espin Espin]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Lettered Craters Lettered Craters]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-Bibliography Bibliography]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Espin-T. E. Espin in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss) T. E. Espin in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)]</div></div>
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Espin LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Espin%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Espin Apollo Images]<br />  - '''Espin''' was also captured near the lower margin of Apollo 16's color-''Hasselblad'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-121-19434 AS16-121-19434].<br />  - [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-P-5507 AS16-P-5507], which is the first one of Apollo 16's ''ITEK''-camera frames of Magazine "T.E." (Trans Earth Coast) shows '''Espin''' near the moon's limb at right.<br />  - Research Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes<br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Espin LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Espin%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Espin Apollo Images]<br />  - '''Espin''' was also captured near the lower margin of Apollo 16's color-''Hasselblad'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-121-19434 AS16-121-19434].<br />  - [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-P-5507 AS16-P-5507], which is the first one of Apollo 16's ''ITEK''-camera frames of Magazine "T.E." (Trans Earth Coast) shows '''Espin''' near the moon's limb at right.<br />  - Research Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes<br />  
 
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''([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 46B2)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 46B2)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br />  
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._E._C._Espin Thomas Henry Espinall Compton Espin] (May 28, 1858 - December 2, 1934), a British amateur astronomer who discovered many nebulas, variable stars, and more than 2500 double stars, as well as publishing a catalog of 3800 red stars. Espin was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1913.
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._E._C._Espin Thomas Henry Espinall Compton Espin] (May 28, 1858 - December 2, 1934), a British amateur astronomer who discovered many nebulas, variable stars, and more than 2500 double stars, as well as publishing a catalog of 3800 red stars. Espin was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1913.
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* As a lunar name, '''Espin''' first appeared in the long list of farside names published by the IAU in [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Menzel%2C%201971#ESPIN Menzel, 1971].
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* As a lunar name, '''Espin''' first appeared in the long list of farside names published by the IAU in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Menzel%2C%201971#ESPIN Menzel, 1971].
 
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==Lettered Craters==
 
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[[Image:espin-letter.jpg|espin-letter.jpg]]<br />  Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon] -- Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].''<br /> <br />  
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[[Image:Espin-letter.jpg|espin-letter.jpg]]<br />  Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon] -- Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_46_lo.pdf LAC 46] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_47_lo.pdf LAC 47] from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].''<br /> <br />  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 16 April 2018

Espin

Lat: 28.1°N, Long: 109.1°E, Diam: 75 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

external image normal_espin-clem-large.jpg

external image normal_espin-lo-large.jpg

espin-color.jpg

Left: Clementine view. Middle: Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both LAC 46 and LAC 47. Right: Combined, color-coded topography image LAC46 and LAC 47 from USGS Digital Atlas.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Espin was also captured near the lower margin of Apollo 16's color-Hasselblad AS16-121-19434.
- AS16-P-5507, which is the first one of Apollo 16's ITEK-camera frames of Magazine "T.E." (Trans Earth Coast) shows Espin near the moon's limb at right.
- Research Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 46B2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Espin

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Thomas Henry Espinall Compton Espin (May 28, 1858 - December 2, 1934), a British amateur astronomer who discovered many nebulas, variable stars, and more than 2500 double stars, as well as publishing a catalog of 3800 red stars. Espin was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1913.
  • As a lunar name, Espin first appeared in the long list of farside names published by the IAU in Menzel, 1971.


Lettered Craters

espin-letter.jpg
Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon -- Combined Lunar Orbiter image of both LAC 46 and LAC 47 from USGS Digital Atlas.

LPOD Articles


Bibliography


T. E. Espin in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In Mysterious Universe; a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
  • Page 509: A Remarkable Object in Perseus (Royal Astronomical Society - Monthly Notices, 1898).


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