Oblique view of Aitken (upper right, on the horizon), from Apollo 11. Aitken A is on the rim of Aitken, Atiken C is at left, and Aitken Y is at right, in front of Aitken.Oblique view, also from Apollo 17Lunar Orbiter 2 image of most of Aitken
The inner wall of Aitken is terraced and varies notably in width with the narrowest portion in the southwest. The crater Aitken Z lies across the inner north wall. Just to the north of the rim is the small crater Aitken which is surrounded by an ejecta blanket of lighter-albedo material. The interior floor has been resurfaced in the past by a darker lava flow, especially in the southern half. There are also several small crater impacts on the eastern floor, an arcing central ridge line just to the east of the midpoint, and a line of smaller ridges in the western half.
This crater lies along the northern rim of the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, which was named after this crater, and the southern lunar pole, two extreme points of the Basin.
Aitken was a target of observation on Apollo 17 due to the command module's orbit passing directly over it.[1]
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Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number II-033-H3
Figure 178 in Chapter 5 of APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A View From Orbit (NASA SP-362, 1978) describes unusual features in Aitken, and Figure 84 in Chapter 4 describes a mare ridge in the crater
"Wrinkle Ridges in Aitken Crater!", Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, January 20, 2011, retrieved 2012-03-27
aitken, crater, aitken, large, lunar, impact, crater, that, lies, side, moon, named, robert, grant, aitken, american, astronomer, specializing, binary, stellar, systems, located, southeast, crater, heaviside, north, unusual, formation, graaff, attached, southw. Aitken ˈ eɪ t k ɪ n is a large lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon named for Robert Grant Aitken an American astronomer specializing in binary stellar systems It is located to the southeast of the crater Heaviside and north of the unusual formation Van de Graaff Attached to the southwest rim is Vertregt To the southeast is the smaller Bergstrand AitkenAitken view by Apollo 17 from 121 km altitudeCoordinates16 48 S 173 24 E 16 8 S 173 4 E 16 8 173 4Diameter135 kmDepth6 kmColongitude187 at sunriseEponymRobert AitkenOblique view of Aitken upper right on the horizon from Apollo 11 Aitken A is on the rim of Aitken Atiken C is at left and Aitken Y is at right in front of Aitken Oblique view also from Apollo 17Lunar Orbiter 2 image of most of AitkenThe inner wall of Aitken is terraced and varies notably in width with the narrowest portion in the southwest The crater Aitken Z lies across the inner north wall Just to the north of the rim is the small crater Aitken which is surrounded by an ejecta blanket of lighter albedo material The interior floor has been resurfaced in the past by a darker lava flow especially in the southern half There are also several small crater impacts on the eastern floor an arcing central ridge line just to the east of the midpoint and a line of smaller ridges in the western half This crater lies along the northern rim of the immense South Pole Aitken Basin which was named after this crater and the southern lunar pole two extreme points of the Basin Aitken was a target of observation on Apollo 17 due to the command module s orbit passing directly over it 1 Contents 1 Satellite craters 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSatellite craters EditBy convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Aitken Aitken Latitude Longitude DiameterA 14 0 S 173 7 E 13 kmC 14 0 S 175 8 E 74 kmG 16 8 S 174 2 E 7 kmN 17 7 S 172 7 E 7 kmY 12 0 S 173 2 E 35 kmZ 15 1 S 173 3 E 33 kmSee also Edit3070 Aitken minor planet South Pole Aitken BasinReferences Edit Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report NASA SP 330 1973 Andersson L E Whitaker E A 1982 NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature NASA RP 1097 Blue Jennifer July 25 2007 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature USGS Retrieved 2007 08 05 Bussey B Spudis P 2004 The Clementine Atlas of the Moon New York Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 81528 4 Cocks Elijah E Cocks Josiah C 1995 Who s Who on the Moon A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature Tudor Publishers ISBN 978 0 936389 27 1 McDowell Jonathan July 15 2007 Lunar Nomenclature Jonathan s Space Report Retrieved 2007 10 24 Menzel D H Minnaert M Levin B Dollfus A Bell B 1971 Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU Space Science Reviews 12 2 136 186 Bibcode 1971SSRv 12 136M doi 10 1007 BF00171763 S2CID 122125855 Moore Patrick 2001 On the Moon Sterling Publishing Co ISBN 978 0 304 35469 6 Price Fred W 1988 The Moon Observer s Handbook Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 33500 3 Rukl Antonin 1990 Atlas of the Moon Kalmbach Books ISBN 978 0 913135 17 4 Webb Rev T W 1962 Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes 6th revised ed Dover ISBN 978 0 486 20917 3 Whitaker Ewen A 1999 Mapping and Naming the Moon Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 62248 6 Wlasuk Peter T 2000 Observing the Moon Springer ISBN 978 1 85233 193 1 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aitken crater Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number II 033 H3 Figure 178 in Chapter 5 of APOLLO OVER THE MOON A View From Orbit NASA SP 362 1978 describes unusual features in Aitken and Figure 84 in Chapter 4 describes a mare ridge in the crater Wrinkle Ridges in Aitken Crater Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NASA January 20 2011 retrieved 2012 03 27L amp PI topographic maps of Aitken LTO 86D4 Aitken Borealis LTO 104A1 Aitken Australis Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aitken crater amp oldid 1024502518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
