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| − | Lat: 23.9°S, Long: 56.8°E, Diam: 57 km, Depth: 4.23 km, [ | + | Lat: 23.9°S, Long: 56.8°E, Diam: 57 km, Depth: 4.23 km, [[R%C3%BCkl%2059|Rükl: 59]]<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=108&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Petavius_19_10_2005.jpg|external image normal_Petavius_19_10_2005.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-108 George Tasroudis]'' (Wrottesley is crater in front of Petavius)<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Wrottesley LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Wrottesley%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> '''Wrottesley''' was photographed by Apollo 15's orbital Mapping/Metric ''Fairchild'' camera. This crater near '''Petavius''' is visible on Apollo 15's south looking oblique photographs. One such ''Fairchild'' frame is [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-M-2527 AS15-M-2527], in which '''Wrottesley''' was captured near the central part of the depicted curved horizon.<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Wrottesley LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Wrottesley%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> '''Wrottesley''' was photographed by Apollo 15's orbital Mapping/Metric ''Fairchild'' camera. This crater near '''Petavius''' is visible on Apollo 15's south looking oblique photographs. One such ''Fairchild'' frame is [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-M-2527 AS15-M-2527], in which '''Wrottesley''' was captured near the central part of the depicted curved horizon.<br /> Research Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 98A3)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac98/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I794/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Description: Elger== | ==Description: Elger== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WROTTESLEY.--A formation, about 25 miles in diameter, closely associated with the W. wall of [[Petavius|Petavius]], the shape of which it has clearly modified. Its border on the W., of the linear type, rises nearly 9,000 feet above a light interior, where there is a small bright central mountain and some mounds. There is a prominent valley running along the inner slope of the E. wall.<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrottesley_(crater) Wrottesley]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrottesley_(crater) Wrottesley]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 4.23 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 4.23 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km | ||
** Cherrington, 1969: 3.44 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 3.44 km | ||
* Central Peak Height | * Central Peak Height | ||
| − | ** [ | + | ** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.4 km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wrottesley,_2nd_Baron_Wrottesley John (Baron) Wrottesley] (1798-1867), a British astronomer. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wrottesley,_2nd_Baron_Wrottesley John (Baron) Wrottesley] (1798-1867), a British astronomer. | ||
| − | * The name was proposed by British amateur [ | + | * The name was proposed by British amateur [[Birt|W. R. Birt]] in [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1863AReg....1..169B 1863], in commemoration of the interest the Baron had shown in astronomy. |
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), page 216 (the Biot region).<br /> <br /> | A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), page 216 (the Biot region).<br /> <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 16 April 2018
Contents
Wrottesley
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Lat: 23.9°S, Long: 56.8°E, Diam: 57 km, Depth: 4.23 km, Rükl: 59 |
George Tasroudis (Wrottesley is crater in front of Petavius)
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Wrottesley was photographed by Apollo 15's orbital Mapping/Metric Fairchild camera. This crater near Petavius is visible on Apollo 15's south looking oblique photographs. One such Fairchild frame is AS15-M-2527, in which Wrottesley was captured near the central part of the depicted curved horizon.
Research Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 98A3) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) WROTTESLEY.--A formation, about 25 miles in diameter, closely associated with the W. wall of Petavius, the shape of which it has clearly modified. Its border on the W., of the linear type, rises nearly 9,000 feet above a light interior, where there is a small bright central mountain and some mounds. There is a prominent valley running along the inner slope of the E. wall.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 4.23 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 3.44 km
- Central Peak Height
- Sekiguchi, 1972: 1.4 km - fatastronomer
Nomenclature
- Named for John (Baron) Wrottesley (1798-1867), a British astronomer.
- The name was proposed by British amateur W. R. Birt in 1863, in commemoration of the interest the Baron had shown in astronomy.
LPOD Articles
Trenchent observations of a Trench Uninspiring, but an Active History Limb Gift
Bibliography
A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), page 216 (the Biot region).
