Tolansky

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Tolansky

(formerly Parry A)

Lat: 9.5°S, Long: 16.0°W, Diam: 13 km, Depth: 0.98 km, Rükl: 43

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LO-IV-120H The rille in the upper left is unnamed.

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Description


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Tolansky

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 0.98 km
  • Viscardy, 1985: 0.88 km


Nomenclature

  • Samuel Tolansky (November 17, 1907 - March 4, 1973) was a British physicist. He was Professor of Physics at Royal Holloway College (University of London), 1947-1973 and an expert on spectroscopy. He was a principal investigator to the NASA Lunar Project.
  • This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was provisionally introduced on LTO-76C1. - Jim Mosher


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