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| year = 1982 |
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| title = [[NASA]] Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher = NASA RP-1097 |
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* {{cite web |
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| last = Blue |
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| first = Jennifer |
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| date = July 25, 2007 |
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| title = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |
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| publisher = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] |
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| url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ |
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| accessdate = 2007-08-05 |
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| last2 = Spudis |
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| authorlink2 = Paul Spudis |
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| year = 2004 |
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| title = The Clementine Atlas of the Moon |
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| publisher = Cambridge University Press |
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| location = New York |
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| isbn = 978-0-521-81528-4 |
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| last1 = Cocks |
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| first1 = Elijah E. |
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| first2 = Josiah C. |
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| year = 1995 |
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| title = Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher = Tudor Publishers |
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| isbn = 978-0-936389-27-1 |
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| last = McDowell |
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| first = Jonathan |
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| date = July 15, 2007 |
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| url = http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/ |
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| title = Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher = Jonathan's Space Report |
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| accessdate = 2007-10-24 |
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* {{cite doi | 10.1007/BF00171763 }} |
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| last = Moore |
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| authorlink = Patrick Moore |
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| year = 2001 |
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| title = On the Moon |
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| publisher = Sterling Publishing Co |
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| isbn = 978-0-304-35469-6 |
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| first = Fred W. |
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| last = Price |
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| year = 1988 |
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| title = The Moon Observer's Handbook |
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| publisher = Cambridge University Press |
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| isbn = 978-0-521-33500-3 |
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| last = Rükl |
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| first = Antonín |
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| authorlink = Antonín Rükl |
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| year = 1990 |
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| title = Atlas of the Moon |
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| publisher = Kalmbach Books |
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| isbn = 978-0-913135-17-4 |
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| last = Webb |
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| first = Rev. T. W. |
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| authorlink = Thomas William Webb |
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| year = 1962 |
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| title = Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes |
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| edition = 6th revision |
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| publisher = Dover |
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| isbn = 978-0-486-20917-3 |
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| ref = harv |
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| first = Ewen A. |
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| last = Whitaker |
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| authorlink = Ewen Whitaker |
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| year = 1999 |
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| title = Mapping and Naming the Moon |
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| publisher = Cambridge University Press |
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| isbn = 978-0-521-62248-6 |
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| ref = harv |
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| first = Peter T. |
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| last = Wlasuk |
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| year = 2000 |
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| title = Observing the Moon |
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| publisher = Springer |
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| isbn = 978-1-85233-193-1 |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 23:25, 28 June 2014
Diameter | 40 km |
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Depth | 0.5 km |
Colongitude | 254° at sunrise |
Eponym | Nathaniel Bowditch |
Bowditch is a lunar crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the eastern limb. It is located on a region of the lunar surface that is brought into view due to libration, but at such times the area is viewed from the edge and so not much detail can be observed. It lies just to the north of the small Lacus Solitudinis lunar mare, between the craters Titius to the southwest and Perel'man to the east-northeast.
The rim of this crater is open to the southwest and the crater is elongated to the northeast, possibly due to a merged crater. The outer rim varies in height, with the most prominent sections being the southwest face and a ridge mount to the northwest. The interior floor has been flooded with basaltic lava, an unusual feature for a crater on the far side. The interior floor is generally flat, and marked by a number of small craterlets. However there are some low ridges in the surface that are concentric with the inner wall. A formation of irregular ridges occupies most of the rim gap along the southwest.
Nearby craters
Near the southern rim of this formation, at the northern edge of the Lacus Solitudinus, are four tiny craters that have been assigned individual names by the IAU. These are listed below.
Crater | Longitude | Latitude | Diameter | Name source |
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Bawa | 25.3° N | 102.6° E | 1 km | African masculine name |
Edith | 25.8° N | 102.3° E | 8 km | English feminine name |
Fairouz | 26.1° N | 102.3° E | 3 km | Arabic feminine name |
Karima | 25.9° N | 103.0° E | 3 km | Arabic feminine name |
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Bowditch.
Bowditch | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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M | 26.7° S | 103.3° E | 16 km |
N | 26.6° S | 102.8° E | 16 km |
References
- Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
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(help) - Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". USGS. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
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(help) - Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
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(help) - 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.
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(help) - McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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instead. - Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
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(help) - Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
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(help) - Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
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(help) - Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revision ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
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(help) - Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
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(help) - Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
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External links
- LTO-100C1 Titius — L&PI topographic map