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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2634 LO-IV-183H]''<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2634 LO-IV-183H]''<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Harding LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Harding%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Harding Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Harding LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Harding%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Harding Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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===Elger===
 
===Elger===
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' HARDING.--A small ring-plain E. of [[Gerard|Gerard]], remarkable for the peculiar form of its shadow at sunrise, and for the ridges in its vicinity.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' HARDING.--A small ring-plain E. of [[Gerard|Gerard]], remarkable for the peculiar form of its shadow at sunrise, and for the ridges in its vicinity.<br /> <br />  
 
===Wikipedia===
 
===Wikipedia===
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding_(crater) Harding]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding_(crater) Harding]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2362 Harding]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2362 Harding]
* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Westfall, 2000: 2.1 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 2.1 km
 
* From the shadows in LO-IV-183H, '''Harding''' is at least 1800 m deep.
 
* From the shadows in LO-IV-183H, '''Harding''' is at least 1800 m deep.

Latest revision as of 02:51, 16 April 2018

Harding

Lat: 43.53°N, Long: 71.62°W, Diam: 22.57 km, Depth: 2.1 km, Rükl: 8

external image normal_Harding_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-183H

Images

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Maps

(LAC zone 22B4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Elger

(IAU Directions) HARDING.--A small ring-plain E. of Gerard, remarkable for the peculiar form of its shadow at sunrise, and for the ridges in its vicinity.

Wikipedia

Harding

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Karl Ludwig Harding(1765-1834), a German astronomer. Harding began his career as an assistant to selenographer Johann Schröter, later working for Gauss and eventually publishing a catalog of 120,000 stars. He also discovered the third known asteroid, Juno.
  • According to Whitaker (p. 219), this name was introduced by Mädler.


LPOD Articles

Sheet 8

Bibliography




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