Irish named celestial objects

and of course Mr. Birminghams Mountain

The Clementine Atlas mentions a crater named Birmingham but no mountain. Is the crater what you are referring to?

and of course Mr. Birminghams Mountain

The Clementine Atlas mentions a crater named Birmingham but no mountain. Is the crater what you are referring to?

Well yes and no. A crater it is - now. Originally a different area had been named for Birmingham.
Julius Schmidt originally named a walled in plain (not a mountain!!!!).
NASA moved his name to a smaller nearby crater. Paul Mohr - "Tuam & Irelands New Star" p352 has details.

Frank C.

Oh!
Not named after, but first one found - Asteroid Metis by Graham at Markree.

fc

Also 6860 Sims in memory of Alan Sims, former IAS Chairman,
see About --> Honoured under the IAS site www.irishastrosoc.org
about members honoured.

John

I've a copy of "Who's Who on the Moon: A biographical dictionary of lunar nomenclature" at home and it lists a few more Irish lunar craters. I'll try and dig out the info in the next couple of days.

of course there's always Walter and Mee, two lunar craters not far from each other, which honour a SDAS member! :lol: :lol: :lol:

John

The asteroid 951 Gaspra is named after the Spa town in the Crimea from which it was discovered. Nasa named craters (photographed by the Galileo probe) on the asteroid after spa towns.

Lisdoonvarna is one of them.
See List:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geological_features_on_951_Gaspra