Linné (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Feature on the moon

Linné

Lunar crater Linné from Apollo 15. NASA photo.

Coordinates| 27°42′N 11°48′E﻿ / ﻿27.7°N 11.8°E﻿ / 27.7; 11.8
Diameter| 2.4 km (1.5 miles)
Depth| 0.6 km (0.3 miles)
Colongitude| 348° at sunrise
Eponym| Carl Linnaeus

Linné is a small lunar impact crater located in the western Mare Serenitatis. It was named after Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.[1] The mare around this feature is virtually devoid of other features of interest. The nearest named crater is Banting to the east-southeast. The estimated age of this copernican crater is only a few tens of millions of years. It was earlier believed to have a bowl shape, but data [2] from the LRO showed that it has a shape of a flattened, inverted cone. The crater is surrounded by a blanket of ejecta formed during the original impact. This ejecta has a relatively high albedo, making the feature appear bright.

Learn what LRO has learned about Linne Crater in this video.Lunar Orbiter 4 image

In 1824 Wilhelm Lohrmann (1786-1840) of Dresden had drawn Linné as an 8 km diameter crater in his acclaimed lunar atlas, and in 1837 Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler had described Linne in Der Mond as a 10 km crater.[3] In 1866, the experienced lunar observer and mapmaker Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt made the surprising claim that Linné had changed its appearance. Instead of a normal, somewhat deep crater it had become a mere white patch. A controversy arose that continued for many decades. However, this crater size tests the limit of visual perception of Earth-based telescopes. In conditions of poor visibility this feature can appear to vanish from sight [4] (see also transient lunar phenomenon).

Color coded shaded relief map of Linné crater

## Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Linné.

Linné  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 28.9° N  | 14.4° E  | 4 km
B  | 30.5° N  | 14.2° E  | 5 km
D  | 28.7° N  | 17.1° E  | 5 km
F  | 32.3° N  | 13.9° E  | 5 km
G  | 35.9° N  | 13.3° E  | 5 km
H  | 33.7° N  | 13.8° E  | 3 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

* Linné E -- See Banting (crater).

## References

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1. ^ "Linné (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
2. ^ "Linne: Simple Lunar Mare crater geometry from LRO observations", 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2011)
3. ^ David Leverington, Babylon to Voyager and Beyond: A History of Planetary Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 2003
4. ^ "The Linne' crater controversey [sic]", The Lunascan Project

## Bibliography

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* Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
* Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
* Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
* McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
* Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
* Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
* Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
* Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
* Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
* Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
* Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linné (crater).

* LTO-42A4 Linne -- L&PI topographic map
* Wood, Chuck (December 12, 2004). "Swell Linné". Lunar Photo of the Day.

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Published works|

* Linnaeus bibliography
* Systema Naturae (1735)
* Fundamenta Botanica (1736)
* Bibliotheca Botanica (1736)
* Musa Cliffortiana (1736)
* Critica Botanica (1737)
* Flora Lapponica (1737)
* Genera Plantarum (1737)
* Hortus Cliffortianus (1737)
* Classes Plantarum (1738)
* Flora Svecica (1745)
* Fauna Svecica (1746)
* Philosophia Botanica (1751)
* Species Plantarum (1753)
* Centuria Insectorum (1763)
* Mantissa Plantarum Altera (1771)
* Systema Vegetabilium (1774)

General|

* Taxonomy (biology)
* Linnaean Herbarium
* Linnaean taxonomy (Linnaean classification)
* Botanical nomenclature
* Zoological nomenclature
* Binomial nomenclature
* Taxa named by Linnaeus
* Natural history
* History of biology
* History of botany
* Scientific racism

Apostles of Linnaeus|

* Adam Afzelius
* Andreas Berlin
* Johan Peter Falk
* Peter Forsskål
* Pehr Kalm
* Pehr Löfling
* Pehr Osbeck
* Daniel Rolander
* Göran Rothman
* Daniel Solander
* Anders Sparrman
* Carl Peter Thunberg

Related people|

* Family (Carl Linnaeus the Younger (son)
* Elisabeth Christina von Linné (daughter))
* Students of Linnaeus
* Gaspard Bauhin
* Johann Bauhin
* Peter Artedi
* Herman Boerhaave
* Johannes Burman
* George Clifford III

Recognitions|

* Expedition Linné
* Linnaea
* Linnaean Garden (including the Linnaeus Museum)
* Linnaeite
* Linnaemya
* Linnaemyini
* 7412 Linnaeus
* Linnaeus Arboretum
* Linnaeus University
* Linnaeus's Hammarby
* Linné (crater)
* Linnéa
* Linnean Medal
* Linnean Society of London
* Swedish Linnaeus Society
* Linnean Society of New South Wales
* Linnean Tercentenary Medal
* Linneus, Maine
* Linneus, Missouri

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