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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Bruce_LO-IV-102H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Bruce_LO-IV-102H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Bruce_LO-IV-102H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2443 LO-IV-102H]''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Bruce LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Bruce%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Bruce Apollo Images]<br /> - Four west-looking oblique ''Hasselblad'' frames on color film, made during the mission of Apollo 10, show '''Bruce''' in '''Sinus Medii''' at local sunrise (local morning light). These four frames are:<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3905 AS10-27-3905] (appearing together with nearby '''Blagg''', and '''Rhaeticus L''' near the frame's lower margin)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3906 AS10-27-3906] (appearing together with nearby '''Blagg''', sunrise terminator in the distance)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3907 AS10-27-3907] ('''Bruce''' near the frame's lower margin, sunrise terminator in the distance)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3908 AS10-27-3908] ('''Bruce''' near the frame's lower-right corner)(somewhere near the centre of this frame there's also the impact site of Surveyor 4 and nearby landing site of Surveyor 6).<br /> Note that these four frames were frequently reproduced (printed) in popular books of manned spaceflight and pre-Apollo 11 literature.<br /> Research Apollo 10 photographs: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Bruce LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Bruce%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Bruce Apollo Images]<br /> - Four west-looking oblique ''Hasselblad'' frames on color film, made during the mission of Apollo 10, show '''Bruce''' in '''Sinus Medii''' at local sunrise (local morning light). These four frames are:<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3905 AS10-27-3905] (appearing together with nearby '''Blagg''', and '''Rhaeticus L''' near the frame's lower margin)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3906 AS10-27-3906] (appearing together with nearby '''Blagg''', sunrise terminator in the distance)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3907 AS10-27-3907] ('''Bruce''' near the frame's lower margin, sunrise terminator in the distance)<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS10-27-3908 AS10-27-3908] ('''Bruce''' near the frame's lower-right corner)(somewhere near the centre of this frame there's also the impact site of Surveyor 4 and nearby landing site of Surveyor 6).<br /> Note that these four frames were frequently reproduced (printed) in popular books of manned spaceflight and pre-Apollo 11 literature.<br /> Research Apollo 10 photographs: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 59C4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac59/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I548/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/AIC/AIC59C/ AIC map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_%28crater%29 Bruce]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_%28crater%29 Bruce]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Arthur, 1974: 1.27 km | ** Arthur, 1974: 1.27 km | ||
** Westfall, 2000: 1.27 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 1.27 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 1.3 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 1.3 km | ||
| − | * Included in [ | + | * Included in [[ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters|ALPO list of bright ray craters]] |
* '''Bruce''' and '''Oppolzer A''' are the nearest (telescopically observable) craters to the moon's "centre" (0° Longitude/ 0° Latitude). The couple of bowl-shaped craters '''Bruce''' and '''Blagg''' (both in '''Sinus Medii''') are easy to observe through common telescopes. The much smaller '''Oppolzer A''' (immediately north of the ruined crater '''Oppolzer''') is a much more difficult target. | * '''Bruce''' and '''Oppolzer A''' are the nearest (telescopically observable) craters to the moon's "centre" (0° Longitude/ 0° Latitude). The couple of bowl-shaped craters '''Bruce''' and '''Blagg''' (both in '''Sinus Medii''') are easy to observe through common telescopes. The much smaller '''Oppolzer A''' (immediately north of the ruined crater '''Oppolzer''') is a much more difficult target. | ||
* Both Surveyor 4 and Surveyor 6 impacted/ landed about 60 kilometers west of Bruce and Oppolzer A (see: chart 33 in Antonin Rukl's ''Atlas of the Moon''). | * Both Surveyor 4 and Surveyor 6 impacted/ landed about 60 kilometers west of Bruce and Oppolzer A (see: chart 33 in Antonin Rukl's ''Atlas of the Moon''). | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Wolfe_Bruce Catherine Wolfe Bruce] (January 22, 1816 - March 13, 1900), a noted American philanthropist and patroness of astronomy. Between 1889 and 1899 she donated money for purchases of telescopes by Harvard College Observatory, Yerkes Observatory and by Max Wolf of Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, among others. The [http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/ Bruce Medal] and the asteroid 323 Brucia (named by Wolf) are named in her honor. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Wolfe_Bruce Catherine Wolfe Bruce] (January 22, 1816 - March 13, 1900), a noted American philanthropist and patroness of astronomy. Between 1889 and 1899 she donated money for purchases of telescopes by Harvard College Observatory, Yerkes Observatory and by Max Wolf of Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, among others. The [http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/ Bruce Medal] and the asteroid 323 Brucia (named by Wolf) are named in her honor. | ||
| − | * According to ''[ | + | * According to ''[[Whitaker|Whitaker]]'' (p. 226), the name '''Miss Bruce''' was introduced by [[Krieger|Krieger]] and [[K%C3%B6nig|König]]. It entered the [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]] as plain '''Bruce''' in ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]'' (1935). |
| − | * [ | + | * [[Julius%20Schmidt|Julius Schmidt]] had previously suggested the name [[Birt|Birt]] for this crater, but that named was used for a different feature. |
| − | * List of features named for [ | + | * List of features named for [[Nomenclature-Women|women]]. |
| − | * The name '''Bruce''' should not be confused with the NASA-related name '''Cape Bruce''' (the hook-shaped peninsula northwest of '''Censorinus'''). <span class="membersnap">- | + | * The name '''Bruce''' should not be confused with the NASA-related name '''Cape Bruce''' (the hook-shaped peninsula northwest of '''Censorinus'''). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 10, 2016</small></span> |
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Latest revision as of 02:43, 16 April 2018
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Bruce
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Lat: 1.1°N, Long: 0.4°E, Diam: 6 km, Depth: 1.27 km, Rükl: 33 |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Four west-looking oblique Hasselblad frames on color film, made during the mission of Apollo 10, show Bruce in Sinus Medii at local sunrise (local morning light). These four frames are:
AS10-27-3905 (appearing together with nearby Blagg, and Rhaeticus L near the frame's lower margin)
AS10-27-3906 (appearing together with nearby Blagg, sunrise terminator in the distance)
AS10-27-3907 (Bruce near the frame's lower margin, sunrise terminator in the distance)
AS10-27-3908 (Bruce near the frame's lower-right corner)(somewhere near the centre of this frame there's also the impact site of Surveyor 4 and nearby landing site of Surveyor 6).
Note that these four frames were frequently reproduced (printed) in popular books of manned spaceflight and pre-Apollo 11 literature.
Research Apollo 10 photographs: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 59C4) LAC map Geologic map AIC map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Arthur, 1974: 1.27 km
- Westfall, 2000: 1.27 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.3 km
- Included in ALPO list of bright ray craters
- Bruce and Oppolzer A are the nearest (telescopically observable) craters to the moon's "centre" (0° Longitude/ 0° Latitude). The couple of bowl-shaped craters Bruce and Blagg (both in Sinus Medii) are easy to observe through common telescopes. The much smaller Oppolzer A (immediately north of the ruined crater Oppolzer) is a much more difficult target.
- Both Surveyor 4 and Surveyor 6 impacted/ landed about 60 kilometers west of Bruce and Oppolzer A (see: chart 33 in Antonin Rukl's Atlas of the Moon).
Nomenclature
- Named for Catherine Wolfe Bruce (January 22, 1816 - March 13, 1900), a noted American philanthropist and patroness of astronomy. Between 1889 and 1899 she donated money for purchases of telescopes by Harvard College Observatory, Yerkes Observatory and by Max Wolf of Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, among others. The Bruce Medal and the asteroid 323 Brucia (named by Wolf) are named in her honor.
- According to Whitaker (p. 226), the name Miss Bruce was introduced by Krieger and König. It entered the IAU nomenclature as plain Bruce in Named Lunar Formations (1935).
- Julius Schmidt had previously suggested the name Birt for this crater, but that named was used for a different feature.
- List of features named for women.
- The name Bruce should not be confused with the NASA-related name Cape Bruce (the hook-shaped peninsula northwest of Censorinus). - DannyCaes Jan 10, 2016
LPOD Articles
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