Dorsa Dana
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Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii
| Lat: 2.26°N, Long: 89.6°E, Length: 82.31 km, Height: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Images Images]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Maps Maps]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Description Description]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Dorsa Dana - in the northeastern part of Mare Smythii-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-I-016M The probable extent of Dorsa Dana is indicated by the white arrows in this [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] view of the floor of [/Mare%20Smythii Mare Smythii]. The ridge in the lower right is part of [/Dorsum%20Cloos Dorsum Cloos].
- The incomplete ring-shaped formation near the left margin of the above orbital photograph is the [/LTO LTO]'s Pirandello, of which the location is immediately eastward of the IAU's [/Peek Peek] (out of frame to left). Both formations were frequently photographed during the mission of Apollo 11 (they are visible on the pre-docking photographs which show the approaching Ascent Stage of LM Eagle).- DannyCaes DannyCaes Jan 10, 2010
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images (Mare Smythii).
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 64D4) LTO map
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Dorsa Dana
Nomenclature
- Named for James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), an American Earth scientist.
- Dorsa Dana was among the feature names approved "as now assigned and printed on the [/LTO 1:250,000 lunar map series]" (LTO's) in 1976 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB IAU Transactions XVIB]). The name appeared provisionally on LTO-64D4.
- Perhaps it's also interesting to add the biography of William Harvey "Bill" Dana (1930-2014), a NASA test pilot who flew the X-15. - DannyCaes DannyCaes Apr 11, 2014
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
There is a certain Dana mentioned in the footnotes on page 83 in T.W.Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (Volume 1; chapter The Moon). Could this have been James Dwight Dana? - DannyCaes DannyCaes Jun 17, 2015
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