Palisa
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Palisa
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Lat: 9.4°S, Long: 7.2°W, Diam: 33 km, Depth: 0.54 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2043 Rükl 43] |
Table of Contents
[#Palisa Palisa]
[#Palisa-Images Images]
[#Palisa-Maps Maps]
[#Palisa-Description Description]
[#Palisa-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Palisa-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Palisa-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Palisa-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Palisa-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-113H Palisa is the irregular feature in the center. On its southwest floor is 5-km Palisa P. Other IAU-named features visible in this view are 8-km Palisa D near the upper margin; 5-km Palisa A (the largest of the two craters on the northeast rim) and 4-km Palisa W (directly to its west – the largest of the craters along the right margin). The bottom of the frame is occupied by the northern part of 70-km diameter [/Davy Davy] Y, the [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] containing the famous [/Catena%20Davy Catena Davy].
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images (one of Apollo 14's orbital Hasselblad photographs of Palisa is online as "Ralisa").- DannyCaes DannyCaes Jan 29, 2011
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 77D1) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
Westfall, 2000: 0.54 km
Viscardy, 1985: 0.9 km - Satellite craters Palisa C, D, T and W are on the [/ALPO%20list%20of%20banded%20craters ALPO list of banded craters]
Nomenclature
Johann Palisa (December 6, 1848 - May 2, 1925) was a Czechoslovakian-Austrian astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all. In 1872, at the age of 24, Palisa became the director of the Austrian Naval Observatory in Pola. While at Pola, he discovered his first asteroid, 136 Austria, on March 18, 1874. Along with this, he discovered twenty-seven minor planets and one comet.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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