Kapteyn
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Kapteyn
(formerly [/La%20P%C3%A9rouse La Pérouse] B)
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Lat: 10.8°S, Long: 70.6°E, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.71 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2049 Rükl: 49] |
Table of Contents
[#Kapteyn Kapteyn]
[#Kapteyn-Images Images]
[#Kapteyn-Maps Maps]
[#Kapteyn-Description Description]
[#Kapteyn-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Kapteyn-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Kapteyn-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Kapteyn-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Kapteyn-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-184H; LRO-WAC mosaic
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- According to the Apollo 8 Flight Journal (David Woods and Frank O'Brien), crater Kapteyn was Photographic Target of Opportunity N° 65.
- An oblique south-looking orbital close up of Kapteyn is Apollo 8's frame AS8-13-2270.
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 81D1) LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.71 km
- The shadows in LO-IV-184H indicate a depth of 3300-3400 m. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Central peak height
- The central peak is about 900 m tall. - JimMosher JimMosher
- [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: <1km - fatastronomer fatastronomer
- Kapteyn E central peak height
- [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: 1.5 km - fatastronomer fatastronomer
Nomenclature
- Named for Jacobus Cornelis Kapteyn (1851-1922), a Dutch astronomer noted for his discovery of evidence of galactic rotation. Kapteyn was the 1913 Bruce Medalist of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and extensive links to information about him can be found there.
- New name for the former [/La%20P%C3%A9rouse Lapeyrouse] B given by Arthur and Whitaker in the [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] (1963) and approved in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB IAU Transactions XIIB] (1964).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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