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| Lat: 30.4°N, Long: 20.9°W, Diam: 7 km, Depth: 1.6 km, Rükl: 10<br /> | | Lat: 30.4°N, Long: 20.9°W, Diam: 7 km, Depth: 1.6 km, Rükl: 10<br /> | ||
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/McDonald_LO_IV-127H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_McDonald_LO_IV-127H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_McDonald_LO_IV-127H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2614 LO_IV-127H]''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
| − | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=McDonald LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?McDonald%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Carlini%20B Apollo Images]<br /> Strange as it is, there seems to be nothing in the Apollo Image Atlas for '''Carlini B''' ('''McDonald'''). I guess there might be a number of orbital Apollo photographs which show this crater! <span class="membersnap">- | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=McDonald LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?McDonald%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Carlini%20B Apollo Images]<br /> Strange as it is, there seems to be nothing in the Apollo Image Atlas for '''Carlini B''' ('''McDonald'''). I guess there might be a number of orbital Apollo photographs which show this crater! <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>May 10, 2012</small></span><br /> '''McDonald''' was captured on 5 frames of Apollo 15's oblique north looking mapping/metric ''Fairchild''-camera magazine REV-35.<br /> Of these 5 ''Fairchild'' frames, [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-M-1553 AS15-M-1553] shows '''McDonald''' below and to the right of the frame's centre.<br /> '''McDonald''' was also captured on 3 oblong frames of Apollo 15's panoramic ''Itek''-camera magazine REV-72:<br /> Stereo-pair frames [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10256 AS15-P-10256] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10261 AS15-P-10261] show '''McDonald''' near the right margins of both frames. Note the small crater in the centre of '''McDonald''''s floor!<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10254 AS15-P-10254] shows '''McDonald''' and its small central craterlet near the frame's upper right corner.<br /> Research orbital Apollo 15 photography: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> |
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 40A2)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac40/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I462/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto40a2_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_(crater) McDonald]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_(crater) McDonald]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | Depth data from [http://the-moon. | + | Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]<br /> |
* Westfall, 2000: 1.6 km | * Westfall, 2000: 1.6 km | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * This replacement name for a formerly [http://the-moon. | + | * This replacement name for a formerly [http://the-moon.us/wiki/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was introduced on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto40a2_1/ LTO-40A2] (for which it served as the chart title). <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
* Once called '''''Porthouse''''' by H.P.Wilkins. | * Once called '''''Porthouse''''' by H.P.Wilkins. | ||
* The name '''McDonald''' currently honors two men: | * The name '''McDonald''' currently honors two men: | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_McDonald William Johnson McDonald](1844-1926), American benefactor. | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_McDonald William Johnson McDonald](1844-1926), American benefactor. | ||
| − | *** William was a Texas banker who, at his death, unexpectedly left an endowment for construction of large astronomical telescope (the McDonald Observatory) by the University of Texas. The IAU approved using the name "McDonald" as a tribute to William in [http://the-moon. | + | *** William was a Texas banker who, at his death, unexpectedly left an endowment for construction of large astronomical telescope (the McDonald Observatory) by the University of Texas. The IAU approved using the name "McDonald" as a tribute to William in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB#New_crater_names 1976], so he is the original honoree. |
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Logie_MacDonald Thomas Logie MacDonald](1901-1973), Scottish selenographer. | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Logie_MacDonald Thomas Logie MacDonald](1901-1973), Scottish selenographer. | ||
| − | *** Thomas was a Scottish politician who served as secretary and chairman of the West of Scotland branch of the British Astronomical Association. MacDonald also served as Director of the Lunar Section of the [http://the-moon. | + | *** Thomas was a Scottish politician who served as secretary and chairman of the West of Scotland branch of the British Astronomical Association. MacDonald also served as Director of the Lunar Section of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/BAA BAA] from 1937-1945, and was particularly noted for a series of "Studies in Lunar Statistics" published in the associations Journal between 1929-1940. In these he organized craters into four morphological classes, and established new relationships for predicting depth and rim height as a function of diameter ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Both%2C%201961 Both, 1961], p. 33). In [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XIXB 1985] the IAU added him as a second honoree under the name "Thomas L. MCDONALD", but it appears he actually spelled his name "MacDonald". |
** Although controversial, it might be interesting to add the name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._McDonald James Edward McDonald] (1920-1971), American physicist. | ** Although controversial, it might be interesting to add the name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._McDonald James Edward McDonald] (1920-1971), American physicist. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:04, 16 April 2018
Contents
McDonald (aka Porthouse)
(formerly Carlini B)
| Lat: 30.4°N, Long: 20.9°W, Diam: 7 km, Depth: 1.6 km, Rükl: 10 |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Strange as it is, there seems to be nothing in the Apollo Image Atlas for Carlini B (McDonald). I guess there might be a number of orbital Apollo photographs which show this crater! - DannyCaes May 10, 2012
McDonald was captured on 5 frames of Apollo 15's oblique north looking mapping/metric Fairchild-camera magazine REV-35.
Of these 5 Fairchild frames, AS15-M-1553 shows McDonald below and to the right of the frame's centre.
McDonald was also captured on 3 oblong frames of Apollo 15's panoramic Itek-camera magazine REV-72:
Stereo-pair frames AS15-P-10256 and AS15-P-10261 show McDonald near the right margins of both frames. Note the small crater in the centre of McDonald's floor!
AS15-P-10254 shows McDonald and its small central craterlet near the frame's upper right corner.
Research orbital Apollo 15 photography: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 40A2) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 1.6 km
Nomenclature
- This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced on LTO-40A2 (for which it served as the chart title). - Jim Mosher
- Once called Porthouse by H.P.Wilkins.
- The name McDonald currently honors two men:
- William Johnson McDonald(1844-1926), American benefactor.
- William was a Texas banker who, at his death, unexpectedly left an endowment for construction of large astronomical telescope (the McDonald Observatory) by the University of Texas. The IAU approved using the name "McDonald" as a tribute to William in 1976, so he is the original honoree.
- Thomas Logie MacDonald(1901-1973), Scottish selenographer.
- Thomas was a Scottish politician who served as secretary and chairman of the West of Scotland branch of the British Astronomical Association. MacDonald also served as Director of the Lunar Section of the BAA from 1937-1945, and was particularly noted for a series of "Studies in Lunar Statistics" published in the associations Journal between 1929-1940. In these he organized craters into four morphological classes, and established new relationships for predicting depth and rim height as a function of diameter (Both, 1961, p. 33). In 1985 the IAU added him as a second honoree under the name "Thomas L. MCDONALD", but it appears he actually spelled his name "MacDonald".
- Although controversial, it might be interesting to add the name James Edward McDonald (1920-1971), American physicist.
- William Johnson McDonald(1844-1926), American benefactor.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- MacDonald, T. L. 1942. The Depression of Lunar Craters, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 36, p.159.
