Purbach is a large lunar impact crater in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. The distorted crater Regiomontanus is attached to the southern rim...
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Purbach may refer to: Purbach am Neusiedlersee — a town in Burgenland, Austria Purbach (crater), a large lunar crater Georg Purbach — an Austrian astronomer...
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Lunar X (redirect from Purbach Cross)
appearance of a letter 'X' on the rim of the Blanchinus, La Caille and Purbach craters. The X is visible only for a few hours before the first quarter, slightly...
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impact crater located in the southern highlands region to the southeast of Mare Nubium. It is joined at the chaotic northern rim by the crater Purbach, and...
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is a lunar impact crater located on the southeast shore of Mare Nubium. To the north-northwest is the crater Arzachel, and Purbach lies to the south-southwest...
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King Charles I of England,: 197 and Johannes Hevelius grouped it with Purbach and Regiomontanus as "Mons Libanus" after Mount Lebanon.: 205 By convention...
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astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille. It is located to the northeast of the crater Purbach. Nearly attached to the southeast rim are the remains of Blanchinus...
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to its south is the crater Werner, and La Caille is attached to the northwest rim. To its west is the prominent formation Purbach. Blanchinus' outer rim...
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southwest that continues with La Caille and ends with the walled plain Purbach. The rim of Faye is heavily damaged, particularly along the western half...
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the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description...
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publications on astronomy include a commentary (1542, 1553) on Georg Purbach's Theoricae novae planetarum. Reinhold knew about Copernicus and his heliocentric...
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and court astrologer of Leonello d'Este. He was an associate of Georg Purbach and Regiomontanus. The letters exchanged with Regiomontanus in 1463–1464...
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The following is a list of people whose names were given to craters of the Moon. The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature...
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Kuiper quadrangle (section Craters and basins)
Kuiper quadrangle, located in a heavily cratered region of Mercury, includes the young, 55-km-diameter crater Kuiper (11° S., 31.5° ), which has the highest...
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