Van Vleck
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Van Vleck
(formerly [/Gilbert Gilbert] M)
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Lat: 1.9°S, Long: 78.3°E, Diam: 34 km, Depth: 2.9 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2049 Rükl: 49] |
Table of Contents
[#Van Vleck Van Vleck]
[#Van Vleck-Images Images]
[#Van Vleck-Maps Maps]
[#Van Vleck-Description Description]
[#Van Vleck-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Van Vleck-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Van Vleck-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Van Vleck-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Van Vleck-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-I-025M Van Vleck is in the lower right. To its northwest is 33-km [/Weierstrass Weierstrass].
LRO image.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 81A2) LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.03 km
LRO altimetry 2.6 km deep, 34 km in diameter, with 375 m high central peak. (CAW)
Nomenclature
John Monroe; American astronomer, mathematician (1833-1912).
- This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was provisionally introduced on LTO-81A2. It was approved in 1976 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB IAU Transactions XVIB]). - JimMosher JimMosher
- Printed as Van Vlek' on the revised and reprinted edition of the National Geographic Societys moonmap THE EARTH'S MOON (2014).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
The Van Vleck Observatory (named after John M. Van Vleck) is mentioned on page 766 of Burnham's Celestial Handbook (Volume 2). See: Trigonometric Parallax for the star Chi Cygni. - DannyCaes DannyCaes May 4, 2015
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