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Kunowsky Crater
Kunowsky may refer to: * Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky (1786–1846), a German lawyer and amateur astronomer; and objects named after him: ** Kunowsky (lunar crater) ** Kunowsky (Martian crater) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky
Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky (3 March 1786 –23 December 1846) was a German lawyer who was also a talented amateur astronomer. He made observations of Mars with an 11 cm achromatic refractor telescope made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, which was one of the first times that achromatic refractors were used for planetary observation; these were a notable improvement over the reflectors available to earlier observers. Like William Herschel before him, he came to the correct conclusion that the visible patches on Mars were surface features rather than clouds or other transient features. Observers like Johann Hieronymus Schröter had come to the opposite conclusion. He also made observations of the Moon, and was one of a number of astronomers to independently discover the return of Comet Halley in 1835. Kunowsky crater Kunowsky may refer to: * Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky (1786–1846), a German lawyer and amateur astronomer; and objects named after him: ** Kunowsky (lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunowsky (lunar Crater)
Kunowsky is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum, in the western half of the Moon's near side. It is named after the German astronomer Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky. It lies about one third the distance from Encke to the west-northwest and Lansberg to the east-southeast. This formation is surrounded by lunar mare, and the interior has been flooded by basaltic lava, leaving only a roughly circular rim projecting above the surface. The rim is slender and sharp-edged, with no significant erosion. Apart from a tiny craterlet at the midpoint of the interior floor, this crater has no other significant features. It does lie in a region of the mare where rays from the craters Kepler to the northwest and Copernicus farther to the northeast. 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 Kunowsky. External links *Lunar Orbiter 1 The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
