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| Lat: 28.0°N, Long: 6.4°W, Diam: 13 km, Depth: 2.49 km, Rükl: 21<br /> | | Lat: 28.0°N, Long: 6.4°W, Diam: 13 km, Depth: 2.49 km, Rükl: 21<br /> | ||
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Bancroft LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Bancroft%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Archimedes%20A Apollo Images]<br /> A fully sunlit '''Bancroft''' was captured on Apollo 15's orbital ''ITEK''-panoramic frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10216 AS15-P-10216] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10221 10221] (scroll toward the right margins of both frames).<br /> Research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Bancroft LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Bancroft%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Archimedes%20A Apollo Images]<br /> A fully sunlit '''Bancroft''' was captured on Apollo 15's orbital ''ITEK''-panoramic frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10216 AS15-P-10216] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10221 10221] (scroll toward the right margins of both frames).<br /> Research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 41A4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac41/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I463/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm41/ LM map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41a4_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft_(crater) Bancroft]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft_(crater) Bancroft]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 2.49 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 2.49 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.49 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 2.49 km | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Dwight_Bancroft Wilder Dwight Bancroft] (1867-1953), an American chemist. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Dwight_Bancroft Wilder Dwight Bancroft] (1867-1953), an American chemist. | ||
| − | * This replacement name for a formerly [ | + | * This replacement name for a formerly [[lettered%20crater|lettered crater]] was introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41a4_1/ LTO-41A4] (for which it served as the chart title). The name was approved in 1976 [[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB|IAU Transactions XVIB]]. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span> |
| − | * Earlier, [ | + | * Earlier, [[Hugh%20Percy%20Wilkins|Hugh Percy Wilkins]] had suggested changing the name of '''[[Archimedes|Archimedes]] A''' to '''''Gant''''', identified in [[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]] (1961 edition, p. 95) as a "contemporary American selenographer". This is almost certainly a reference to [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?journal=JBAA&year=1990&volume=100&page_ind=56 Dr. James Quincy Gant, Jr.], a Washington, D.C.-based dermatologist, a [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?journal=JRASC&year=1942&volume=36&page_ind=133 member] of many amateur astronomical organizations and a president of the [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_Lunar_Internacional International Lunar Society] (a short-lived group founded by Wilkins and Antonio Paluzíe Borrell in 1956). Wilkins' annual reports on his activities to the [[BAA|BAA]] mention at least [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?journal=MNRAS&year=1953&volume=113&page_ind=363 two] [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?journal=MNRAS&year=1958&volume=118&page_ind=381 visits] by Gant to Wilkins' home. A report of the Astronomy Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (''Science'', New Series, vol. 129, p. 488, (Feb. 20, 1959)), mentions Gant as being ''"so famous as an amateur astronomer that a crater has been named after him"''. Similarly, when Gant died on September 2, 1989 at the age of 83, his obituary on page D7 of the September 7, 1989 issue of the ''The Washington Post'' noted that ''"In 1954, the lunar crater Archimedes A was renamed the Gant Crater by the lunar section of the British Astronomical Association,"'' but failed to mention that Wilkins' suggestion for the name change was never approved by the [[IAU|IAU]], and that since 1976 his crater had been to astronomers by a different name. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span> |
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
Revision as of 15:40, 15 April 2018
Contents
Bancroft (aka Gant)
(formerly Archimedes A)
| Lat: 28.0°N, Long: 6.4°W, Diam: 13 km, Depth: 2.49 km, Rükl: 21 |
Table of Contents
[#Bancroft (aka Gant) Bancroft (aka Gant)]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Images Images]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Maps Maps]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Description Description]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Bancroft (aka Gant)-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-114H
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
A fully sunlit Bancroft was captured on Apollo 15's orbital ITEK-panoramic frames AS15-P-10216 and 10221 (scroll toward the right margins of both frames).
Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 41A4) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 2.49 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.49 km
- The shadows in LO-IV-114H indicate a crater depth of about 2500 m. - JimMosher JimMosher
Nomenclature
- Named for Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867-1953), an American chemist.
- This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced on LTO-41A4 (for which it served as the chart title). The name was approved in 1976 IAU Transactions XVIB. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Earlier, Hugh Percy Wilkins had suggested changing the name of Archimedes A to Gant, identified in Wilkins and Moore (1961 edition, p. 95) as a "contemporary American selenographer". This is almost certainly a reference to Dr. James Quincy Gant, Jr., a Washington, D.C.-based dermatologist, a member of many amateur astronomical organizations and a president of the International Lunar Society (a short-lived group founded by Wilkins and Antonio Paluzíe Borrell in 1956). Wilkins' annual reports on his activities to the BAA mention at least two visits by Gant to Wilkins' home. A report of the Astronomy Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Science, New Series, vol. 129, p. 488, (Feb. 20, 1959)), mentions Gant as being "so famous as an amateur astronomer that a crater has been named after him". Similarly, when Gant died on September 2, 1989 at the age of 83, his obituary on page D7 of the September 7, 1989 issue of the The Washington Post noted that "In 1954, the lunar crater Archimedes A was renamed the Gant Crater by the lunar section of the British Astronomical Association," but failed to mention that Wilkins' suggestion for the name change was never approved by the IAU, and that since 1976 his crater had been to astronomers by a different name. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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