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[[Image:Scaliger_LO_ii_196_m.jpg|external image Scaliger_LO_ii_196_m.jpg]][[Image:Scaliger.jpg|Scaliger.jpg]]<br /> '''left:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1962 LOII 196 M].'' '''right:''' ''LROC''<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett) Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:Scaliger_LO_ii_196_m.jpg|external image Scaliger_LO_ii_196_m.jpg]][[Image:Scaliger.jpg|Scaliger.jpg]]<br /> '''left:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1962 LOII 196 M].'' '''right:''' ''LROC''<br /> <br />  
 
 
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Scaliger LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Scaliger%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Scaliger Apollo Images]<br />  The LPI's list of Apollo photographs of '''Scaliger''' shows only one photograph made by Apollo 14 and hundreds of Apollo 15.<br />  It should be mentioned: Project Apollo's last mission (Apollo 17) also made a large number of photographs which show '''Scaliger'''! These photographs were made during Trans Earth Coast (TEC). Frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-M-3183 AS17-M-3183] is one of them.<br />  Research: Danny Caes<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Scaliger LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Scaliger%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Scaliger Apollo Images]<br />  The LPI's list of Apollo photographs of '''Scaliger''' shows only one photograph made by Apollo 14 and hundreds of Apollo 15.<br />  It should be mentioned: Project Apollo's last mission (Apollo 17) also made a large number of photographs which show '''Scaliger'''! These photographs were made during Trans Earth Coast (TEC). Frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-M-3183 AS17-M-3183] is one of them.<br />  Research: Danny Caes<br /> <br />  
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* '''Scaliger''' was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971].
 
* '''Scaliger''' was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971].
 
* In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "'''Bassett'''" (see: [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_9,_2007 Phil Stooke's LPOD]).
 
* In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "'''Bassett'''" (see: [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_9,_2007 Phil Stooke's LPOD]).
* Erroneously printed as '''Scalinger''' (with "'''n'''") on page 74 (libration chart 3) in the ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' (2012).<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Jan 23, 2013</small></span>
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* Erroneously printed as '''Scalinger''' (with "'''n'''") on page 74 (libration chart 3) in the ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' (2012).<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 23, 2013</small></span>
 
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Latest revision as of 17:50, 15 April 2018

Scaliger (aka NASA's Bassett)

Lat: 27.1°S, Long: 108.9°E, Diam: 84 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Upper Imbrian

external image Scaliger_LO_ii_196_m.jpgScaliger.jpg
left: LOII 196 M. right: LROC

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
The LPI's list of Apollo photographs of Scaliger shows only one photograph made by Apollo 14 and hundreds of Apollo 15.
It should be mentioned: Project Apollo's last mission (Apollo 17) also made a large number of photographs which show Scaliger! These photographs were made during Trans Earth Coast (TEC). Frame AS17-M-3183 is one of them.
Research: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 100C2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Scaliger

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Joseph Justus Scaliger (August 5, 1540 – January 21, 1609), a French religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history.
  • Scaliger was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
  • In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Bassett" (see: Phil Stooke's LPOD).
  • Erroneously printed as Scalinger (with "n") on page 74 (libration chart 3) in the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (2012).- DannyCaes Jan 23, 2013


LROC Articles

Lazy Boulders in Scaliger Crater

Bibliography