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| − | + | [[Image:Dorsa-Rubey.jpg|Dorsa-Rubey.jpg]]<br /> ''[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/img/iv_143_h3.jpg IV-143-H3] and orbital Apollo 16 Fairchild camera photograph AS16-M-2995 (photograph shown above)''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
| − | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dorsa%20Rubey LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dorsa%20Rubey%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dorsa%20Rubey Apollo Images]<br /> Because the central part of '''Dorsa Rubey''' is running across crater '''Flamsteed A''' (north of '''Letronne'''), all orbital Apollo photographs of that part of '''Dorsa Rubey''' should be online in the LPI's list of [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Flamsteed+A&sort= Flamsteed A]. <span class="membersnap">- | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dorsa%20Rubey LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dorsa%20Rubey%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dorsa%20Rubey Apollo Images]<br /> Because the central part of '''Dorsa Rubey''' is running across crater '''Flamsteed A''' (north of '''Letronne'''), all orbital Apollo photographs of that part of '''Dorsa Rubey''' should be online in the LPI's list of [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Flamsteed+A&sort= Flamsteed A]. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Aug 20, 2011</small></span><br /> <br /> |
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 75D2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac75/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I385/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto75d2_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 75D2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac75/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I385/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto75d2_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walden_Rubey William Walden Rubey] (December 19, 1898 - April 12, 1974) was an American geologist. In 1960 he was appointed by the president to serve on the National Science Board for the National Science Foundation. The same year he was also appointed professor of geology and geophysics at UCLA, where he would remain until 1966 and be recalled each year thereafter. After retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey, he joined the Lunar Science Institute in 1968. He participated in the scientific examination of the Apollo program returned lunar samples up until 1971.<br /> - '''Dorsa Rubey''' is the most western one of the officially named dorsa in the southern equatorial region once photographed during the scientific "J"-mission of Apollo 16. <span class="membersnap">- | + | - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walden_Rubey William Walden Rubey] (December 19, 1898 - April 12, 1974) was an American geologist. In 1960 he was appointed by the president to serve on the National Science Board for the National Science Foundation. The same year he was also appointed professor of geology and geophysics at UCLA, where he would remain until 1966 and be recalled each year thereafter. After retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey, he joined the Lunar Science Institute in 1968. He participated in the scientific examination of the Apollo program returned lunar samples up until 1971.<br /> - '''Dorsa Rubey''' is the most western one of the officially named dorsa in the southern equatorial region once photographed during the scientific "J"-mission of Apollo 16. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Aug 20, 2011</small></span><br /> - '''Dorsa Rubey''' was erroneously printed as '''DORSA RUBY''' on LAC 75, page 151 in the REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION of the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon'', 2012, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 10, 2013</small></span><br /> <br /> |
==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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About William Walden Rubey''':'''<br /> Don E. Wilhelms''':''' ''To a Rocky Moon, a geologist's history of lunar exploration'' (University of Arizona Press, 1993).<br /> | About William Walden Rubey''':'''<br /> Don E. Wilhelms''':''' ''To a Rocky Moon, a geologist's history of lunar exploration'' (University of Arizona Press, 1993).<br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 15 April 2018
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Dorsa Rubey
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Lat: 10.0°S, Long: 42.0°W, Length: 100 km, Height: km, Rükl: 40 |
IV-143-H3 and orbital Apollo 16 Fairchild camera photograph AS16-M-2995 (photograph shown above)
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Because the central part of Dorsa Rubey is running across crater Flamsteed A (north of Letronne), all orbital Apollo photographs of that part of Dorsa Rubey should be online in the LPI's list of Flamsteed A. - DannyCaes Aug 20, 2011
Maps
(LAC zone 75D2) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- William Walden Rubey (December 19, 1898 - April 12, 1974) was an American geologist. In 1960 he was appointed by the president to serve on the National Science Board for the National Science Foundation. The same year he was also appointed professor of geology and geophysics at UCLA, where he would remain until 1966 and be recalled each year thereafter. After retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey, he joined the Lunar Science Institute in 1968. He participated in the scientific examination of the Apollo program returned lunar samples up until 1971.
- Dorsa Rubey is the most western one of the officially named dorsa in the southern equatorial region once photographed during the scientific "J"-mission of Apollo 16. - DannyCaes Aug 20, 2011
- Dorsa Rubey was erroneously printed as DORSA RUBY on LAC 75, page 151 in the REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION of the Clementine Atlas of the Moon, 2012, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.- DannyCaes Jan 10, 2013
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
About William Walden Rubey:
Don E. Wilhelms: To a Rocky Moon, a geologist's history of lunar exploration (University of Arizona Press, 1993).
