Van der Waals

Van der Waals

Lat: 44.02°S, Long: 120.04°E, Diam: 116.44 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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[#Van der Waals Van der Waals]

[#Van der Waals-Images Images]

[#Van der Waals-Maps Maps]

[#Van der Waals-Description Description]

[#Van der Waals-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]

[#Van der Waals-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Van der Waals-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Van der Waals-Lettered craters Lettered craters]

[#Van der Waals-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Van der Waals-Bibliography Bibliography]

Left: LROC WAC mosaic image (No.s' M130869382ME and M130855791ME).

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 117C1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

Description: Wikipedia

Van der Waals

Additional Information

• IAU page: Van der Waals

Nomenclature

Johannes Diderik van der Waals (November 23, 1837 - March 8, 1923) was a Dutch scientist and thermodynamicist famous for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids which describe the relation between the pressure, volume, and temperature of fluids (gases and liquids). In deriving his equation of state van der Waals assumed not only the existence of molecules (which in physics was disputed at the time), but also that they are of finite size and attract each other. Since he was one of the first to postulate an intermolecular force, however rudimentary, such a force is now sometimes called a van der Waals force. For his work he won the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics.

Lettered craters

Graphic LAC No. 117. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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