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| − | Lat: 25.5°S, Long: 2.3°W, Diam: 115 km, Depth: 2.98 km, [ | + | Lat: 25.5°S, Long: 2.3°W, Diam: 115 km, Depth: 2.98 km, [[R%C3%BCkl%2055|Rükl: 55]], pre-Nectarian<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2847&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_purbach_050807_04h58tu.jpg|external image normal_purbach_050807_04h58tu.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2847 François Emond]'' North is at about 2 o'clock in this image.<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Purbach LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Purbach%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Purbach Apollo Images]<br /> - '''Purbach''' is one of the most southern (officially named) lunar formations on the moon's near side which was photographed by the south-looking mapping/metric ''Fairchild'' camera of Apollo 16. Frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-M-0711 AS16-M-0711] (of Apollo 16's REV 26) shows '''Purbach''' almost touching the central part of the depicted curved horizon. The zoomify scan of this photograph (Frame 0711) which is online in the ''Apollo Image Archive'' of the Arizona State University (ASU) is a good source to explore the '''Purbach'''-region simultaneously with Antonin Rukl's chart 55 in his ''Atlas of the Moon''.<br /> - [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/apollo/view?image_id=AS16-M-0711 The ASU's zoomify scan of Frame AS16-M-0711].<br /> - Research orbital Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes.<br /> <br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Purbach LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Purbach%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Purbach Apollo Images]<br /> - '''Purbach''' is one of the most southern (officially named) lunar formations on the moon's near side which was photographed by the south-looking mapping/metric ''Fairchild'' camera of Apollo 16. Frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-M-0711 AS16-M-0711] (of Apollo 16's REV 26) shows '''Purbach''' almost touching the central part of the depicted curved horizon. The zoomify scan of this photograph (Frame 0711) which is online in the ''Apollo Image Archive'' of the Arizona State University (ASU) is a good source to explore the '''Purbach'''-region simultaneously with Antonin Rukl's chart 55 in his ''Atlas of the Moon''.<br /> - [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/apollo/view?image_id=AS16-M-0711 The ASU's zoomify scan of Frame AS16-M-0711].<br /> - Research orbital Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes.<br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 95D2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac95/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I822/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Description: Elger== | ==Description: Elger== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' PURBACH.--An immense enclosure of irregular shape, approximating to that of a rhomboid with slightly curved sides. It is fully 60 miles across, and the walls in places exceed 8,000 feet in altitude, and include many depressions, large and small. On the W. inner slope are some fine terraces and several craters. The continuity of the circumvallation is broken on the N. by a great ring-plain, on the floor of which I have seen a prominent cleft and a crater near the S. side. There is a large bright crater in the interior of Purbach, S. of the centre, two others on the E. half of the floor, and a few ridges.<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purbach_(crater) Purbach]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purbach_(crater) Purbach]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | Depth data from [ | + | Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br /> |
* Westfall, 2000: 2.98 km | * Westfall, 2000: 2.98 km | ||
* Viscardy, 1985: 2.4 km | * Viscardy, 1985: 2.4 km | ||
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* Central peak height | * Central peak height | ||
| − | ** [ | + | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 8 peaks, none higher than 0.7 km. The apparent true central peak is 0.1 km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span> |
The rim of '''Purbach''' is part of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar%20X Lunar X] (which is a well-known telescopic clair-obscur phenomenon for observers of the First Quarter Moon).<br /> <br /> | The rim of '''Purbach''' is part of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar%20X Lunar X] (which is a well-known telescopic clair-obscur phenomenon for observers of the First Quarter Moon).<br /> <br /> | ||
==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Georg von; Austrian mathematician, astronomer (1423-1461).<br /> | Georg von; Austrian mathematician, astronomer (1423-1461).<br /> | ||
| − | * This name was introduced as '''Purbachias''' on [ | + | * This name was introduced as '''Purbachias''' on [[Riccioli|Riccioli]]'s map, and (aside from the change is spelling) has continued in use for the same feature (''[[Whitaker|Whitaker]]'', p. 218). |
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 16 April 2018
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Purbach
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Lat: 25.5°S, Long: 2.3°W, Diam: 115 km, Depth: 2.98 km, Rükl: 55, pre-Nectarian |
François Emond North is at about 2 o'clock in this image.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Purbach is one of the most southern (officially named) lunar formations on the moon's near side which was photographed by the south-looking mapping/metric Fairchild camera of Apollo 16. Frame AS16-M-0711 (of Apollo 16's REV 26) shows Purbach almost touching the central part of the depicted curved horizon. The zoomify scan of this photograph (Frame 0711) which is online in the Apollo Image Archive of the Arizona State University (ASU) is a good source to explore the Purbach-region simultaneously with Antonin Rukl's chart 55 in his Atlas of the Moon.
- The ASU's zoomify scan of Frame AS16-M-0711.
- Research orbital Apollo 16 photography: Danny Caes.
Maps
(LAC zone 95D2) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) PURBACH.--An immense enclosure of irregular shape, approximating to that of a rhomboid with slightly curved sides. It is fully 60 miles across, and the walls in places exceed 8,000 feet in altitude, and include many depressions, large and small. On the W. inner slope are some fine terraces and several craters. The continuity of the circumvallation is broken on the N. by a great ring-plain, on the floor of which I have seen a prominent cleft and a crater near the S. side. There is a large bright crater in the interior of Purbach, S. of the centre, two others on the E. half of the floor, and a few ridges.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 2.98 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.4 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.98 km
- Central peak height
- Sekiguchi, 1972: 8 peaks, none higher than 0.7 km. The apparent true central peak is 0.1 km - fatastronomer
The rim of Purbach is part of the Lunar X (which is a well-known telescopic clair-obscur phenomenon for observers of the First Quarter Moon).
Nomenclature
Georg von; Austrian mathematician, astronomer (1423-1461).
- This name was introduced as Purbachias on Riccioli's map, and (aside from the change is spelling) has continued in use for the same feature (Whitaker, p. 218).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
