LPL
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Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL)
Description
LPL: An organization affiliated with the University of Arizona in Tuscon. Founded by planetary scientist Gerard Kuiper in 1960.
Additional Information
- Scanned copies of Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- Wikipedia article
- Photos from Kuiper (1964):
- Ewen Whitaker (left) and Gerard Kuiper (right) reviewing mock-up of Rectified Lunar Atlas
- Ewen Whitaker (left) and D.W.G. Arthur (right) standing in front of historic maps
- Alika Herring, William Hartmann and Charles Wood in front of headquarters in Physics Building
- Robert Waland, fabricator of NASA 61-inch telescope at Catalina Station
- Ewen Whitaker (left) and Gerard Kuiper (right) reviewing mock-up of Rectified Lunar Atlas
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Kuiper, G. P. 1962. Organization and Program of the laboratory. Comm. LPL 1(1), 1 - 20.
- Kuiper, G. P. 1964. "The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory." Sky and TelescopeVol. 27.
- Part 1: January issue, pp. 4-7.
- Part 2: February issue, pp. 88-92.
- Kuiper, G. P. 1972. The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and Its Telescopes. Comm. LPL 9(172), 199 -247. (Fig. 12 shows the "Crater measuring operation" with "Mr. C. Wood")
- Whitaker, E. A. 1985. The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory: Its founding and early years. University of Arizona Press. PDF
