Sunday, April 19, 2009
LCROSS target "E" named for Fred Whipple
The International Astronomical Union (
IAU
) has designated the crater on the Moon,
LCROSS
target crater "E," second closest to the lunar North Pole after popular British astronomer and writer
Fred Whipple
(1906-2004).
Hat Tip to
Danny Caes
and
Jim Mosher
via
LPOD
and the
LCROSS Observation Group
.
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