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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Guy_Pingr%C3%A9 Alexandre Guy Pingré] (September 11, 1711 - May 1, 1796) was a French astronomer and naval geographer. Unfortunately he had poor eyesight so his observing skills were limited, but he did earn a reputation as an excellent mathematician. In 1757 he became interested in comets and published a substantial treatise on the theory and observational history of comets. Subsequently he published a nautical almanac base on the work of P. Charles Lemonnier containing lunar tables. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Guy_Pingr%C3%A9 Alexandre Guy Pingré] (September 11, 1711 - May 1, 1796) was a French astronomer and naval geographer. Unfortunately he had poor eyesight so his observing skills were limited, but he did earn a reputation as an excellent mathematician. In 1757 he became interested in comets and published a substantial treatise on the theory and observational history of comets. Subsequently he published a nautical almanac base on the work of P. Charles Lemonnier containing lunar tables. | ||
| − | * '''Pingré S''' could have been known as '''La Paz''' (thus named by John Westfall and the ALPO), but... it was not approved by the IAU as the name of a lunar crater. It is on Mars. For the '''La Paz'''/ '''Pingré S''' case, see the page [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Luna%20Incognita Luna Incognita]. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * '''Pingré S''' could have been known as '''La Paz''' (thus named by John Westfall and the ALPO), but... it was not approved by the IAU as the name of a lunar crater. It is on Mars. For the '''La Paz'''/ '''Pingré S''' case, see the page [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Luna%20Incognita Luna Incognita]. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Oct 9, 2014</small></span> |
* '''Smooth Patch''' (not really a name) is mentioned on page 191 of Charles J. Byrne's ''The Far Side of the Moon; a Photographic Guide'' (Springer, 2008). This smooth patch's location is north of '''Pingré L''' and '''Pingré M,''' see''':''' http://bit.ly/2Bmqx2H | * '''Smooth Patch''' (not really a name) is mentioned on page 191 of Charles J. Byrne's ''The Far Side of the Moon; a Photographic Guide'' (Springer, 2008). This smooth patch's location is north of '''Pingré L''' and '''Pingré M,''' see''':''' http://bit.ly/2Bmqx2H | ||
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Contents
Pingré
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Lat: 58.7°S, Long: 73.7°W, Diam: 88 km, Depth: 4.05 km, Rükl 70 |
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LO-IV-186H
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
- Pingré was also captured near the lower margin of Lunar Orbiter IV's frame LO-IV-187-med. Research Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 124D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) PINGRE.--A ring-plain, about 18 miles in diameter, between Phocylides and the limb.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 4.05 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.4 km
Nomenclature
- Alexandre Guy Pingré (September 11, 1711 - May 1, 1796) was a French astronomer and naval geographer. Unfortunately he had poor eyesight so his observing skills were limited, but he did earn a reputation as an excellent mathematician. In 1757 he became interested in comets and published a substantial treatise on the theory and observational history of comets. Subsequently he published a nautical almanac base on the work of P. Charles Lemonnier containing lunar tables.
- Pingré S could have been known as La Paz (thus named by John Westfall and the ALPO), but... it was not approved by the IAU as the name of a lunar crater. It is on Mars. For the La Paz/ Pingré S case, see the page Luna Incognita. - DannyCaes Oct 9, 2014
- Smooth Patch (not really a name) is mentioned on page 191 of Charles J. Byrne's The Far Side of the Moon; a Photographic Guide (Springer, 2008). This smooth patch's location is north of Pingré L and Pingré M, see: http://bit.ly/2Bmqx2H
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Alexandre Guy Pingré in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)
- Page 133 in Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
- Pingré is mentioned in: Varro's Story of the Anomalous Track and Figure of Venus (Nature, 1879).
