Lacus Spei
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Lacus Spei
(current IAU name; formerly known as Mare Struve and before that Struve)
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Lat: 43.0°N, Long: 65.0°E, Diam: 80 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2016 Rükl: 16] |
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LOIV-165-H2Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Lacus Spei was captured on Apollo 16's color-Hasselblad AS16-122-19606. In this frame, the camera was looking west-northwest. Crater Gauss is noticeable in the foreground, while the dark Lacus Spei is seen near the curved horizon. It is worthwile to compare this photograph with LAC-28 in the Clementine Atlas.
- Research: Danny Caes.
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 28A3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Elger
[/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions] STRUVE.--A small irregularly-shaped formation, open towards the S., forming one of the curious group of unsymmetrical enclosures associated with [/Messala Messala]. Its dark floor and a small dusky area on the N. indicate its position under a high sun.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Lacus Spei is Latin for "Lake of Hope".
- In the original 1935 nomenclature of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller] this feature was called "Struve" (the one described by Elger, and presumably named for F. G. W. Struve, the founder of a long line of famous astronomers).
- In the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters] that name ("[/Struve Struve]" without an initial) was moved to the west limb (where it was assigned to a large crater formerly known as "O. Struve"), and the name of the present feature was Latinized to [/Mare%20Struve Mare Struve] ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB IAU Transactions XIIB]).
- In 1976 the name was changed to Lacus Spei with a note that the feature had formerly been known as Lacus Struve ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB IAU Transactions XVIB]). No record can be found of in the [/IAU%20Transactions IAU Transactions] of the name Lacus Struve ever having been used prior to this. - JimMosher JimMosher
- Was Mare Struve, or Lacus Struve (or Struve) one of Madler's names? (see Appendix I, page 219) in Ewen A. Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Sep 6, 2009
LPOD Articles
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