Shapley
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Shapley
(formerly [/Picard Picard] H)
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Lat: 9.33°N, Long: 56.78°E, Diam: 24.82 km, Depth: 4.04 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2038 Rükl: 38] |
Table of Contents
[#Shapley Shapley]
[#Shapley-Images Images]
[#Shapley-Maps Maps]
[#Shapley-Description Description]
[#Shapley-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Shapley-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Shapley-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Shapley-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Shapley-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-191H Shapley is in the center.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Shapley is the most eye-catching formation in Apollo 17's panoramic ITEK-camera frames AS17-P-2666 and AS17-P-2671. On this couple of ITEK-frames one doesn't have to scroll rightward to see Shapley's circular shape and dark floor.
- Additional research: Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 62A3) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Shapley
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 4.04 km
- The shadows from the west rim indicate height differences of 2200-2500 m. - JimMosher JimMosher
Nomenclature
- Named for Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 - October 20, 1972), an American astronomer. He participated in the "Great Debate" with Heber D. Curtis on the nature of nebulas and galaxies and the size of the universe. He was hired to replace the recently deceased Edward Charles Pickering as director of the Harvard College Observatory. He is considered "The Modern Copernicus."
- Shapley was not part of the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] but it appears in the cumulative list of lunar names published in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB] (1973). Exactly when and how it was added is unclear, nor is the honoree designated, but biographical information was unofficially reported in [/Ashbrook%2C%201974 Ashbrook, 1974].
- The name Shapley next appears, as a replacement for [/Picard Picard] H, on LTO-62A3 (March 1974), for which it serves as the title. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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