Difference between revisions of "Sharp"

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** Westfall, 2000: 3.84 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 3.84 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 3.2 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 3.2 km
* From the shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4158 LO-IV-158H], the terrace along the upper east rim of '''Sharp''' is 1700-2700 m tall. Obviously, the crater as a whole is deeper than that. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>
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* From the shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4158 LO-IV-158H], the terrace along the upper east rim of '''Sharp''' is 1700-2700 m tall. Obviously, the crater as a whole is deeper than that. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span>
 
* Sharp B
 
* Sharp B
 
** Satellite crater '''Sharp B''' is on the [[ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters|ALPO list of bright ray craters]].
 
** Satellite crater '''Sharp B''' is on the [[ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters|ALPO list of bright ray craters]].
 
** Central ridge heights
 
** Central ridge heights
*** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 0.3 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:Fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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*** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 0.3 km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
 
* TSI = 30, CPI = 20, FI = 20; MI =70 [[Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973|Smith and Sanchez, 1973]]
 
* TSI = 30, CPI = 20, FI = 20; MI =70 [[Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973|Smith and Sanchez, 1973]]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 16 April 2018

Sharp

Lat: 45.7°N, Long: 40.2°W, Diam: 39 km, Depth: 3.84 km, Rükl: 10, Upper Imbrian

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LO-IV-158H

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Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) SHARP.--A ring-plain somewhat smaller than Mairan, on the W. of the Sinus Iridum, from the coast-line of which it is separated by lofty mountains. There is a distinct crater at the foot of its N.W. wall, and a bright central mountain on the floor. On the N. is a prominent enclosure, nearly as large as Sharp itself; and on the N.W. a brilliant little ring- plain, A, about 8 miles in diameter, connected with Sharp, as Madler shows, by a wide valley.

Description: Wikipedia

Sharp

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Abraham Sharp (1651-1742), a British astronomer and mathematician.
  • According to Whitaker (p. 218), this name was introduced (in the form Sharpius) by Schröter. As Whitaker notes, Schröter was using a name he had found on a list prepared by Hell, and apparently used by Hell for the same feature (p. 93).
  • Crater Sharp B was called Aymat by Hugh Percy Wilkins and Paluzie-Borrel (see the book The Moon by H.P.Wilkins and P.Moore), but the I.A.U. did not accept that name. Aymat (Antonio Aymat Mareca) was a Spanish astronomer.
  • Sharp Xi (hill southwest of Foucault Beta, altogether with the nearby hill Foucault Gamma sometimes called Montes Foucault). See Chart 7 in the Times Atlas of the Moon.


LPOD Articles

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Bibliography

A curiosity...
This is not at all related to Abraham Sharp and/or the nearside crater officially known as Sharp, but... perhaps it's quite interesting to know :
A certain Robert P. Sharp is mentioned on page 395 of Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (William R. Corliss, The Sourcebook Project, 1979), as co-author of the article Channels on Mars (together with Michael C. Malin, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1975). - DannyCaes Apr 19, 2015