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| − | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2047&fullsize=1 [[Image: | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2047&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Peary_LO_iv_104_h3.jpg|external image normal_Peary_LO_iv_104_h3.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2047 LOIV 104 H3]'' '''Peary''' is the irregularly shaped crater near the center of the image. The large crater straddling the lower margin is [[Byrd|Byrd]]. Several of the smaller craters also have IAU names.<br /> <br /> |
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peary LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peary%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Peary LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Peary%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary_(crater) Peary]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary_(crater) Peary]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher% | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km | ||
* The Moon's [[north%20pole|north pole]] (rotation axis) appears to be just outside the rim of '''Peary'''. | * The Moon's [[north%20pole|north pole]] (rotation axis) appears to be just outside the rim of '''Peary'''. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:08, 16 April 2018
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Peary
(formerly Gioja B)
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Lat: 88.6°N, Long: 33.0°E, Diam: 73 km, Depth: 2.71 km, Rükl 4, pre-Nectarian |
LOIV 104 H3 Peary is the irregularly shaped crater near the center of the image. The large crater straddling the lower margin is Byrd. Several of the smaller craters also have IAU names.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 1A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF Lunar Orbiter version
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km
- The Moon's north pole (rotation axis) appears to be just outside the rim of Peary.
Nomenclature
- Named for Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920), an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole.
- Name originally proposed by Wilkins and Moore but not approved by IAU; shifted to a different crater in Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 (Whitaker, 1999, p235).
LPOD Articles
Lunar 100
L88: Difficult-to-observe polar crater.
Bibliography
Wood, C.A. 7/2005. Polar Pleasures. S&T 110(1):62-63
