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==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3348 Lents (Lenz)]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3348 Lents (Lenz)]
* Near '''Lenz''', east-northeast of it, at 3°10' North/ 100° West, is the most beautiful raycrater of the entire moon's surface ([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Pierazzo Pierazzo]). Part of '''Pierazzo''''s ray-system is seen on the ''Clementine'' photo above. The ''Lunar Photo of the Day'' (LPOD) of december the 12th, 2007, shows a wonderful image of it, made by the Chinese probe ''Chang'e''. During the manned lunar missions of project Apollo, this exceptionally beautiful raycrater was never photographed, because it was never illuminated by the sun or by Earthshine. In fact, all the regions behind the moon's western limb (as seen from Earth) were never illuminated by the sun. We could call this part of the moon (the '''Hertzsprung''' area and environs) "''Apollo's dark part of the moon''". <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Jan 6, 2008</small></span>
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* Near '''Lenz''', east-northeast of it, at 3°10' North/ 100° West, is the most beautiful raycrater of the entire moon's surface ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Pierazzo Pierazzo]). Part of '''Pierazzo''''s ray-system is seen on the ''Clementine'' photo above. The ''Lunar Photo of the Day'' (LPOD) of december the 12th, 2007, shows a wonderful image of it, made by the Chinese probe ''Chang'e''. During the manned lunar missions of project Apollo, this exceptionally beautiful raycrater was never photographed, because it was never illuminated by the sun or by Earthshine. In fact, all the regions behind the moon's western limb (as seen from Earth) were never illuminated by the sun. We could call this part of the moon (the '''Hertzsprung''' area and environs) "''Apollo's dark part of the moon''". <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Jan 6, 2008</small></span>
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Lenz Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz] (February 12, 1804 - February 10, 1865), a Baltic German physicist most famous for formulating Lenz's law in 1833. He began studying electromagnetism in 1831. Besides the law named in his honor, Lenz also independently discovered Joule's law in 1842; to honor his efforts on the problem, Russian physicists always use "Joule-Lenz law" as the name.
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Lenz Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz] (February 12, 1804 - February 10, 1865), a Baltic German physicist most famous for formulating Lenz's law in 1833. He began studying electromagnetism in 1831. Besides the law named in his honor, Lenz also independently discovered Joule's law in 1842; to honor his efforts on the problem, Russian physicists always use "Joule-Lenz law" as the name.
* This name was approved by the IAU (as '''Lenz''') in [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Menzel%2C%201971#Lents Menzel, 1971].
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* This name was approved by the IAU (as '''Lenz''') in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Menzel%2C%201971#Lents Menzel, 1971].
 
* The spelling has changed as a result of changes in the way the Cyrillic characters are transliterated. The older spelling in parenthesis is probably to be ignored but the IAU has never adopted a clear or consistent position on this.
 
* The spelling has changed as a result of changes in the way the Cyrillic characters are transliterated. The older spelling in parenthesis is probably to be ignored but the IAU has never adopted a clear or consistent position on this.
 
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==LPOD Articles==
 
==LPOD Articles==
[http://www.lpod.org/?m=20071212 The bright ray craterlet near Lenz, photographed by Chang'e].<br /> <br />  
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[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/December_12,_2007 The bright ray craterlet near Lenz, photographed by Chang'e].<br /> <br />  
 
==Lettered craters==
 
==Lettered craters==
 
[[Image:lents-letter.jpg|lents-letter.jpg]]<br /> [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_72_lo.pdf LAC 72]. Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon]''.<br /> <br />  
 
[[Image:lents-letter.jpg|lents-letter.jpg]]<br /> [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_72_lo.pdf LAC 72]. Excerpt from the ''[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon]''.<br /> <br />  

Revision as of 20:22, 11 April 2018

Lents (Lenz)

Lat: 2.72°N, Long: 102.3°W, Diam: 21.98 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

external image normal_lents.jpg

external image normal_lents-clem1.jpg

Left: LROC image WAC No. M118159663ME. Lents is the leftmost crater of the pair - next to Lents C (also note the rayed crater Pierazzo east of Lents C, that Danny Caes gives mention to below). Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
Right: Clementine

Table of Contents

[#Lents (Lenz) Lents (Lenz)]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Images Images]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Maps Maps]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Description Description]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Lents (Lenz)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Lettered craters Lettered craters]
[#Lents (Lenz)-Bibliography Bibliography]

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images (see Lenz).
The eastern sunlit inner slopes of Lenz, Lenz C, and nearby Pierazzo were captured near the lower margins of Lunar Orbiter V photographs 5013-h2, 5014-h2, 5015-h2, 5016-h2, 5017-h2, 5018-h2, 5019-h2, and 5020-h2.
Research Danny Caes

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 72D3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Wikipedia

Lents (Lenz)

Additional Information

  • IAU page: Lents (Lenz)
  • Near Lenz, east-northeast of it, at 3°10' North/ 100° West, is the most beautiful raycrater of the entire moon's surface (Pierazzo). Part of Pierazzo's ray-system is seen on the Clementine photo above. The Lunar Photo of the Day (LPOD) of december the 12th, 2007, shows a wonderful image of it, made by the Chinese probe Chang'e. During the manned lunar missions of project Apollo, this exceptionally beautiful raycrater was never photographed, because it was never illuminated by the sun or by Earthshine. In fact, all the regions behind the moon's western limb (as seen from Earth) were never illuminated by the sun. We could call this part of the moon (the Hertzsprung area and environs) "Apollo's dark part of the moon". - DannyCaes DannyCaes Jan 6, 2008


Nomenclature

  • Named for Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (February 12, 1804 - February 10, 1865), a Baltic German physicist most famous for formulating Lenz's law in 1833. He began studying electromagnetism in 1831. Besides the law named in his honor, Lenz also independently discovered Joule's law in 1842; to honor his efforts on the problem, Russian physicists always use "Joule-Lenz law" as the name.
  • This name was approved by the IAU (as Lenz) in Menzel, 1971.
  • The spelling has changed as a result of changes in the way the Cyrillic characters are transliterated. The older spelling in parenthesis is probably to be ignored but the IAU has never adopted a clear or consistent position on this.


LPOD Articles

The bright ray craterlet near Lenz, photographed by Chang'e.

Lettered craters

lents-letter.jpg
LAC 72. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.

Bibliography




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