Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL)

LPL: An organization affiliated with the University of Arizona in Tuscon. Founded by planetary scientist Gerard Kuiper in 1960.

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

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
- review

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