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| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Hesiodus Hesiodus]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Lettered Craters Lettered Craters]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-APOD Articles APOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2927&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Hesiodus_LO-IV-119H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Hesiodus_LO-IV-119H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2927 LO-IV-119H]'' '''Hesiodus''' is in the upper left with 106-km [ | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Hesiodus Hesiodus]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Lettered Craters Lettered Craters]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-APOD Articles APOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Hesiodus-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2927&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Hesiodus_LO-IV-119H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Hesiodus_LO-IV-119H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2927 LO-IV-119H]'' '''Hesiodus''' is in the upper left with 106-km [[Pitatus|Pitatus]] partially visible on the right. The fresh 5-km crater on '''Hesiodus'''' floor is '''Hesiodus D''' while the famous 15-km concentric crater '''Hesiodus A''' is to the southwest. Another (but less famous) 15-km crater, '''[[Pitatus|Pitatus]] H''', is in the lower right. The rilles on the floor of [[Pitatus|Pitatus]] are part of the IAU-named [[Rimae%20Pitatus|Rimae Pitatus]] system. Those on the floor of '''Hesiodus''' are unnamed. The channel connecting the floors of '''Hesodius''' and [[Pitatus|Pitatus]] is an unusual feature, and a [http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1223 cone of light] seen on the floor of '''Hesiodus''' as the Sun rises over this area has often been attributed to it. In truth, the channel deviates too much from a true east-west direction for the rising Sun to stream through it, but the rays of sunlight certainly pass over lower features in its vicinity than they do elsewhere.<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Hesiodus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Hesiodus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> '''Hesiodus A'''; the most famous one of all Concentric Craters on the moon's surface (included in C.A.Wood's list as N°22), was captured on four of Lunar Orbiter 4's photographs:<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4119_h3.jpg LOIV-119-h3] (near the frame's upper left corner).<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4120_h1.jpg LOIV-120-h1] (near the frame's lower left corner).<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4124_h3.jpg LOIV-124-h3] (near the frame's right margin, about "halfway").<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4125_h1.jpg LOIV-125-h1] (near the frame's lower right corner).<br /> Research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Hesiodus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Hesiodus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> '''Hesiodus A'''; the most famous one of all Concentric Craters on the moon's surface (included in C.A.Wood's list as N°22), was captured on four of Lunar Orbiter 4's photographs:<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4119_h3.jpg LOIV-119-h3] (near the frame's upper left corner).<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4120_h1.jpg LOIV-120-h1] (near the frame's lower left corner).<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4124_h3.jpg LOIV-124-h3] (near the frame's right margin, about "halfway").<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4125_h1.jpg LOIV-125-h1] (near the frame's lower right corner).<br /> Research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 94C4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac94/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I485/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Description: Elger== | ==Description: Elger== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' HESIODUS.--This walled-plain, little more than half the diameter of [[PITATUS|PITATUS]], has an irregular outline, and for the most part linear walls, which on the S. are massive and lofty (4,000 feet), but on the N. very low, and broken by gaps. There is a fine deep crater on the S. border, and a small but distinct crater on the floor, nearly central, the only object thereon which I have seen, though Schmidt draws a smaller one on the E. of it.<br /> <br /> A mountain abutting on the N.W. side of Hesiodus is the E. origin of one of the longest clefts on the moon. Running in an W.S.W. direction, it traverses the Mare to a crater near the E. face of the Cichus mountain arm, reappears on the W. side of this object, and is finally lost amid the hills on the N. of [[Capuanus|Capuanus]]. The E. section of this cleft is coarser and much more distinct than that lying W. of the mountain arm.<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiodus_(crater) Hesiodus]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiodus_(crater) Hesiodus]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Pike, 1976: 0.45 km | ** Pike, 1976: 0.45 km | ||
** Westfall, 2000: 0.45 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 0.45 km | ||
** Cherrington, 1969: 1.4 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 1.4 km | ||
| − | * [http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-418 Hesiodus A] is the most famous [ | + | * [http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-418 Hesiodus A] is the most famous [[concentric%20crater|concentric crater]] on the Moon. |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for Hesiod (Greek: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod Hesiodus]) (c. 735 B.C.), an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod's writings serve as a major source for knowledge of Greek mythology, farming techniques, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping. | * Named for Hesiod (Greek: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod Hesiodus]) (c. 735 B.C.), an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod's writings serve as a major source for knowledge of Greek mythology, farming techniques, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping. | ||
| − | * According to ''[ | + | * According to ''[[Whitaker|Whitaker]]'' (p. 220), this name was introduced by [[M%C3%A4dler|Mädler]]. |
* '''Hesiodus B''', a small bowl-shaped crater north-northwest of '''Hesiodus''' itself, was once known as '''''Roy''''' (Louis Roy). This was one of Felix Chemla Lamech's new names, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. | * '''Hesiodus B''', a small bowl-shaped crater north-northwest of '''Hesiodus''' itself, was once known as '''''Roy''''' (Louis Roy). This was one of Felix Chemla Lamech's new names, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. | ||
* Research Lamech's '''''Roy''''': Ewen A. Whitaker and Danny Caes (August 2003, mail correspondence). | * Research Lamech's '''''Roy''''': Ewen A. Whitaker and Danny Caes (August 2003, mail correspondence). | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * Lamech's "Roy": [ | + | * Lamech's "Roy": [[Mapping%20and%20Naming%20the%20Moon|Mapping and Naming the Moon]]; a history of lunar cartography and nomenclature (Ewen A. Whitaker). |
* Alan M. MacRobert. 1996. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996S&T....92...74M The Sunrise Ray in Hesiodus]. ''Sky and Telescope'' Vol. 92, No. 1 (July issue), pp. 74-76. | * Alan M. MacRobert. 1996. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996S&T....92...74M The Sunrise Ray in Hesiodus]. ''Sky and Telescope'' Vol. 92, No. 1 (July issue), pp. 74-76. | ||
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Contents
Hesiodus
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Lat: 29.4°S, Long: 16.3°W, Diam: 42 km, Depth: 0.45 km, Rükl 54 |
Table of Contents
[#Hesiodus Hesiodus]
[#Hesiodus-Images Images]
[#Hesiodus-Maps Maps]
[#Hesiodus-Description Description]
[#Hesiodus-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Hesiodus-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Hesiodus-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Hesiodus-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Hesiodus-Lettered Craters Lettered Craters]
[#Hesiodus-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Hesiodus-APOD Articles APOD Articles]
[#Hesiodus-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-119H Hesiodus is in the upper left with 106-km Pitatus partially visible on the right. The fresh 5-km crater on Hesiodus' floor is Hesiodus D while the famous 15-km concentric crater Hesiodus A is to the southwest. Another (but less famous) 15-km crater, Pitatus H, is in the lower right. The rilles on the floor of Pitatus are part of the IAU-named Rimae Pitatus system. Those on the floor of Hesiodus are unnamed. The channel connecting the floors of Hesodius and Pitatus is an unusual feature, and a cone of light seen on the floor of Hesiodus as the Sun rises over this area has often been attributed to it. In truth, the channel deviates too much from a true east-west direction for the rising Sun to stream through it, but the rays of sunlight certainly pass over lower features in its vicinity than they do elsewhere.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Hesiodus A; the most famous one of all Concentric Craters on the moon's surface (included in C.A.Wood's list as N°22), was captured on four of Lunar Orbiter 4's photographs:
LOIV-119-h3 (near the frame's upper left corner).
LOIV-120-h1 (near the frame's lower left corner).
LOIV-124-h3 (near the frame's right margin, about "halfway").
LOIV-125-h1 (near the frame's lower right corner).
Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 94C4) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) HESIODUS.--This walled-plain, little more than half the diameter of PITATUS, has an irregular outline, and for the most part linear walls, which on the S. are massive and lofty (4,000 feet), but on the N. very low, and broken by gaps. There is a fine deep crater on the S. border, and a small but distinct crater on the floor, nearly central, the only object thereon which I have seen, though Schmidt draws a smaller one on the E. of it.
A mountain abutting on the N.W. side of Hesiodus is the E. origin of one of the longest clefts on the moon. Running in an W.S.W. direction, it traverses the Mare to a crater near the E. face of the Cichus mountain arm, reappears on the W. side of this object, and is finally lost amid the hills on the N. of Capuanus. The E. section of this cleft is coarser and much more distinct than that lying W. of the mountain arm.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Pike, 1976: 0.45 km
- Westfall, 2000: 0.45 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.4 km
- Hesiodus A is the most famous concentric crater on the Moon.
Nomenclature
- Named for Hesiod (Greek: Hesiodus) (c. 735 B.C.), an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod's writings serve as a major source for knowledge of Greek mythology, farming techniques, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.
- According to Whitaker (p. 220), this name was introduced by Mädler.
- Hesiodus B, a small bowl-shaped crater north-northwest of Hesiodus itself, was once known as Roy (Louis Roy). This was one of Felix Chemla Lamech's new names, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name.
- Research Lamech's Roy: Ewen A. Whitaker and Danny Caes (August 2003, mail correspondence).
- Hesiodus Ray; a well known clair-obscur effect which is always observable during local sunrise circumstances. See APOD article Hesiodus Sunrise Ray (below).
Lettered Craters
Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.
LPOD Articles
Happy Thanksgiving.
Smaller and Smaller Rilles
APOD Articles
Bibliography
- Lamech's "Roy": Mapping and Naming the Moon; a history of lunar cartography and nomenclature (Ewen A. Whitaker).
- Alan M. MacRobert. 1996. The Sunrise Ray in Hesiodus. Sky and Telescope Vol. 92, No. 1 (July issue), pp. 74-76.
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