XZRS: Ewen Whitaker - From Mapping the Moon to Apollo 11 and Beyond

Jan 28, 2019 · 41m 8s
XZRS: Ewen Whitaker - From Mapping the Moon to Apollo 11 and Beyond
Description

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...

show more
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
show less
Information
Author The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
Organization The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
Website -
Tags

Looks like you don't have any active episode

Browse Spreaker Catalogue to discover great new content

Current

Podcast Cover

Looks like you don't have any episodes in your queue

Browse Spreaker Catalogue to discover great new content

Next Up

Episode Cover Episode Cover

It's so quiet here...

Time to discover new episodes!

Discover
Your Library
Search