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Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:16 am
by astroavani
Image
Look at this image!
It is impossible not to be amazed by this corner of the moon. Corner, which in fact, is almost in the center. In this fantastic scenario, our poor Santos Dumont goes almost unnoticed because both the Apenninus Mons and the different Rimaes that meander through the landscape steal the first sight of any observer. Even so, we want to pay our tribute to one who was undoubtedly one of the greatest Brazilians and who fills us with pride.
Santos-Dumont is an impact crater with a circular shape, considered small, with its approximate 8 km in diameter and 2 km deep, easily found if we are guided by the eastern edge of the Mare Imbrium, located on a summit of the Apenninus Mountains, in the near center north of the Moon (selenographic coordinates of 27.7 ° N and 4.8 ° E). The crater is approximately 60 km away from where the Apollo 15 Mission landed in 1971 (in order, the fourth Mission to land on the lunar soil and the first to use a Lunar Rover to explore the Earth's natural satellite ), the Falcon lunar module landed on the Moon with astronauts David Scott (1932) and James Irwin (1930 - 1991) in the Hadley-Apennines region, while astronaut Alfred Worden (1932 - 2020) remained in orbit around the Moon during the mission, lasting a total of 3 days of mission on the satellite.
Named in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Santos-Dumont was the first lunar crater to be named after a Brazilian (with two more on the far side of the Moon, one of which is De Moraes) and the only one on the side visible. The tribute went to Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 - 1932), aeronautical engineer and Brazilian inventor, known as “Father of Aviation” for being one of the precursors of the plane, he left his legacy, as he created the Balão Brasil (airship with a gasoline motor), the famous 14-Bis plane and the Demoiselle.
The Santos Dumont crater was initially known as Hadley B, before his last appointment, which was influenced by the first Brazilian aviator woman, Anésia Pinheiro Machado (1902 - 1999). An interesting fact about the naming of the crater is the date, July 20, 1973, the same day as Alberto Santos-Dumont's centenary and also the birthday of his father, Henrique Dumont, in addition to being the same date on which he was 4 years old that astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong (1930 - 2012) stepped on the lunar soil for the first time, in 1969.
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Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:17 am
by messier 111
this is a very sharp shot , thx

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:20 am
by Ylem
Beautiful 😍
And thanks for the great informative write up.

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:13 pm
by Makuser
Hello Avani. A superb lunar close up of the Santos Dumont Crater and area. Tack sharp lunar details in your image here and on the astrobin site. Excelente trabalho meu amigo, e continue olhando para cima.

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:45 am
by Ylem
Hade to come back again to enjoy this image 🤩 The Apenninus Mountains are simply stunning!!!!!

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:58 am
by Juno16
Tack sharp absolutely!

Beautiful image!

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:10 am
by astroavani
Thank you for comments!

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:11 am
by AstroBee
Spectacular image, Congrats!
Obrigado pela aula de história. Eu sabia o nome do criador, mas não a história por trás dele.

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:45 am
by Lady Fraktor
Beautiful image and thank you for the history Avani :)

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:06 am
by MistrBadgr
I truly enjoy studying your images. Thank you for sharing. :)

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:01 am
by maceemiller
Never before have I looked at an image of the moons surface
and been utterly spellbound.....beautiful.

A truly fantastic image Sir!

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:13 pm
by Gordon
Congratulations Avani for having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!!

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Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:23 pm
by Butterfly Maiden
A high quality image beautifully captured :Clap:

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:59 pm
by Greenman
Incredible work, the detail is superb congrats on a well earnt APOD.

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:00 pm
by helicon
Beautiful image Avani and congrats on winning the APOD!

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:25 pm
by Ruud
Avani, it's amazing
Image
and a very interesting read.

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:08 am
by BABOafrica
Beautiful photo and excellent write-up.

Congrats on the award.

BABO

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:38 pm
by TheButcher
Awesome Astrovani! and Congrats on the APOD!

Re: Santos Dumont Crater

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:07 am
by astroavani
Dear friends, I appreciate all the comments.
Unfortunately I've been a bit overwhelmed both from the photos and even from the internet. Here in Brazil, 20 days ago there was Mother's Day and this week Valentine's Day, as I work with flowers (orchids) at this time I am very busy.
I hope to be able to participate more regularly soon.
Greetings