XZRS: Ewen Whitaker - From Mapping the Moon to Apollo 11 and Beyond
Jan 28, 2019 ·
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Ewen A. Whitaker is a British-born astronomer who specialized in Lunar studies. He was an astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, becoming the director of the Lunar Section of the...
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Ewen A. Whitaker is a British-born astronomer who specialized in Lunar studies. He was an astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, becoming the director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. He then emigrated to the United States and joined the staff of the Yerkes Observatory. In 1960 he left Yerkes, along with Gerard P. Kuiper, helping found the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, eventually becoming research scientist emeritus. He worked on several NASA missions, and was successful in locating the landing site of the Surveyor 3. (This was used to determine the landing site for the Apollo 12 mission.) He has been considered by some to be the world's leading expert on mapping the Moon and lunar nomenclature. He was a member of the IAU's Task Group for Lunar Nomenclature. In 1999 he published a book on the history of lunar mapping and nomenclature, titled "Mapping and Naming the Moon" - www.arizona.edu
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