Loewy
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Loewy
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Lat: 22.7°S, Long: 32.8°W, Diam: 24 km, Depth: 1.09 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2052 Rükl 52] |
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[#Loewy Loewy]
[#Loewy-Images Images]
[#Loewy-Maps Maps]
[#Loewy-Description Description]
[#Loewy-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Loewy-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Loewy-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Loewy-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Loewy-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-137H Loewy is the irregular crater in the center. On its northeast rim is 7-km Loewy A, and to the upper left of that (just outside the north rim), 12-km [/Agatharchides Agatharchides] C. Loewy B is the 4-km crater on the outer slope of the south rim of Loewy. In the lower right corner, the open enclosure of 24-km [/Hippalus Hippalus] D is partially visible.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 93B3) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Arthur, 1974: 1.09 km
- Westfall, 2000: 1.09 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.09 km
Nomenclature
- Named for Maurice (Moritz) Loewy (1833-1907), a Czech-born French astronomer who became Director of the Paris Observatory. With [/Puiseux Pierre Puiseux] he compiled that observatory's Atlas Photographique de la Lune, one of the first comprehensive photographic atlases of the Moon, appearing between 1896 and 1910.
- This feature was Catalog number 2523 in Mary Blagg's [/Collated%20List Collated List] where the three authorities called it [/Hippalus Hippalus] or [/Agatharchides Agatharchides] f (their intentions not always being clear).
- In the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] (1935) the name was changed to Loewy, adopting a proposal by [/Krieger Krieger] and [/K%C3%B6nig König].
- According to the [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations%20Text introductory material] to [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations], Maurice Loewy was the Chairman of the original international committee tasked with consolidating lunar nomenclature, formed in the year of his death. [/Puiseux Puiseux] and [/Baillaud Benjamin Baillaud] succeeded him as members.
- Perhaps interesting to know that there was also a Raymond F. Loewy; one of the best known industrial designers of the 20th century.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Nov 11, 2010
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