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Clementine Atlas
17.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Finally, after much waiting, the Clementine Atlas of the Moon by Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis has arrived from England and is being mailed to early buyers. Unfortunately for me, my copy was seriously damaged so now I await a new one.
Asteroid 3251?
16.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
No, its not a close up of The Little Princes' Asteroid 3251. This is the Moon as you've never seen it before. It is one of the panoramas photographed by the Apollo 14 astronauts, but re-projected into a circle to approximate an overhead view.
The Golden Triad
15.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
In American slang, something is "golden" when it is "supremely favored or fortunate". And that describes the triad of craters near the center of the Moon's face. Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus...
North Polar Rays
14.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The north polar region of the Moon is blessed with two wonderful ray systems - and a mystery ray - that few observers pay attention to. In this portion of a near full Moon image...
A New/Old Catalog of Lunar Craters
13.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
From 1969 thru 1973 I led the day to day cataloging of lunar craters at the Lunar & Planetary Lab in Tucson. Working under the initial direction of Dai Arthur I supervised a small...
A Basin Near Schiller
12.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
How many times have you observed the weirdly elongated crater Schiller, or looked past Phocylides to find Wargentin, or beyond Zucchius to see Bailly? Did you ever notice the relatively smooth-surface between these other craters?
Who Named That Crater?
11.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Lunar nomenclature, which is in some ways the least important aspect of the Moon, has a fascinating history. It doesn't really matter what a feature is named as long as everyone uses the same name for it.
Galileo's Colorful Moon
10.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Moon is a mono-color sphere - shades of grey, chromatically bounded by some whitish glare and black shadows. The problem is that our eyes, so wonderfully sensitive to faint light and subtle hues aren't good enough.
The Crater Formerly Known As Prinz
9.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Well, it actually still is known as Prinz. I can't say much about the crater itself - its a 47 km wide crater with a completely mare-flooded interior. The north rim of the crater rises a kilometer above the mare surface, but most of the southern rim is gone. Where did it go?
Chandrayaan-1
8.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
With the excitement of the US's plan to return to the Moon it is easy to overlook the fact that American satellites won't be the only ones there. Indeed, there may be other humans on the Moon by the time American astronauts return.