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| − | + | <td>What is the plain, Anglo-Saxon name <em>Carpenter</em> doing in the midst of these ancient Greeks and more recent Frenchmen? The latter are all mathematicians, and the Greeks were astronomers. Carpenter was also an astronomer - both of them. The name Carpenter was originally bestowed to honor a nineteenth century British astronomer, James Carpenter, who was a pioneer in spectral observations but is remembered now as the co-author of the Nasmyth and Carpenter classic, <em>The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite.</em> In 1985 the IAU added the name Edwin Carpenter (1898 - 1963) as a co-honoree. Dr. Carpenter was chairman of the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy from 1936 to 1963. I met him when I became an astronomy student at UA in 1960. I was grateful to him for allowing me to use the 4.3" James telescope, a wonderful Clark refractor that I learned to observe with. He also permitted me to help with the [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/Chuckstuff/chuck.htm Steward Observatory 36"] during public nights, which led to occasional views of the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter with a huge telescope that I controlled. Like a number of fresh craters in the north polar area, Carpenter has [http://bit.ly/1uS8R2Z two central peaks] - perhaps one for each Carpenter.<br /> | |
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<em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart L8.<br /> | <em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart L8.<br /> | ||
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Two Carpenters
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What is the plain, Anglo-Saxon name Carpenter doing in the midst of these ancient Greeks and more recent Frenchmen? The latter are all mathematicians, and the Greeks were astronomers. Carpenter was also an astronomer - both of them. The name Carpenter was originally bestowed to honor a nineteenth century British astronomer, James Carpenter, who was a pioneer in spectral observations but is remembered now as the co-author of the Nasmyth and Carpenter classic, The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. In 1985 the IAU added the name Edwin Carpenter (1898 - 1963) as a co-honoree. Dr. Carpenter was chairman of the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy from 1936 to 1963. I met him when I became an astronomy student at UA in 1960. I was grateful to him for allowing me to use the 4.3" James telescope, a wonderful Clark refractor that I learned to observe with. He also permitted me to help with the Steward Observatory 36" during public nights, which led to occasional views of the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter with a huge telescope that I controlled. Like a number of fresh craters in the north polar area, Carpenter has two central peaks - perhaps one for each Carpenter.
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