Dembowski

Lat: 2.9°N, Long: 7.2°E, Diam: 26 km, Depth: 0.28 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2034 Rükl: 34]

The LPI's searchlist for orbital Apollo photographs of Dembowski shows only one frame, but... there must be many more.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 19, 2010
- Apollo 12's oblique north-looking Hasselblad AS12-52-7725 shows the almost invisible Dembowski near the frame's left margin, "above" the bright ray-craterlet.
- Although Dembowski itself is almost undetectable in Apollo 12's orbital color-photographs AS12-50-7402 and 7403, the table-mountain slightly southeast of Dembowski is a most distinct formation!
- Research Apollo photography: Danny Caes.

Maps

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Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]

Named for Baron Ercole Dembowski (January 12, 1812 – January 19, 1881), an Italian astronomer. He was a tireless observer of double stars and made tens of thousands of micrometer measurements. In particular, he remeasured many double stars from Friedrich [/Struve Struve]'s Dorpat Catalogue, noting how some of them had changed position over the years due to their mutual orbit as binary stars.
The plateau at 2° North/ 8°20' East (southeast of Dembowski) was photographed in close-up by Lunar Orbiter 1 (Frame 1103 med). [/R%C3%BCkl Rükl] mentions this plateau on page 94 of his atlas (Map 34). Danny Caes calls the plateau "Dembowski Mensa" (the table-mountain near Dembowski). - DannyCaes DannyCaes Feb 23, 2008

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