Kopff
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Kopff
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Lat: 17.39°S, Long: 89.68°W, Diam: 40.49 km, Depth: 2 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2050 Rükl: 50] |
Table of Contents
[#Kopff Kopff]
[#Kopff-Images Images]
[#Kopff-Maps Maps]
[#Kopff-Description Description]
[#Kopff-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Kopff-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Kopff-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Kopff-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Kopff-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-187H2 Kopff is the crater in the center. The [/rima rilles] on its floor are known as [/Rimae%20Kopff Rimae Kopff].
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 91A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Kopff
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Pike, 1976: 2 km
- Westfall, 2000: 2 km
- TSI = 15, CPI = 5, FI = 25; MI =50 [/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Sanchez, 1973]
Nomenclature
- Named for August Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960), a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids.
- This name was not part of the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature]. Kopff appears in the cumulative list of approved changes published in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB], but exactly when and under what circumstances it was approved does not seem to have been recorded. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Whitten, J. L. et al (2011). Maunder and Kopff Craters: Windows into the Upper Lunar Crust – 42nd LPSC Conference (Mar), 2011.
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