Edison Crater & "The Wizard" - Fort Myers, Florida, USA
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N 26° 33.115 W 081° 53.252
17R E 411594 N 2937113
The Edison Crater is located on the far side of the moon. "The Wizard" statue is located at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM12NBC
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2020
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Edison Crater:
Edison is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located just behind the north-northeastern limb of the Moon, a region that is sometimes brought into sight from Earth during favorable librations. However even at such times not much detail can be discerned, and the crater is better observed by orbiting spacecraft.
The Edison crater is attached to the southeastern outer rim of the crater Lomonosov, to the east of the walled plain Joliot. The satellite crater Edison T is attached to the western rim of Edison and the eastern rim of Joliot. To the south of Edison is the crater Dziewulski, and due east is Artamonov.
The outer rim of this crater is somewhat eroded, with two small craters along the southern edge, and the outer rampart of Lomonosov intruding slightly into the interior floor. The most intact section of rim is along the eastern side. The interior floor is relatively level, particularly in the southern half, and there is a small craterlet near the western inner wall. The floor displays dark patches and streaks of higher albedo surface where the ray system from Giordano Bruno to the north-northwest. However it is not as dark in hue as the floor of Lomonosov. (from Wikipedia)
"The Wizard" statue:
Located at the Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers is a statue to Thomas A. Edison. This statue is in honor to the original namesake of the college due to Edison having a winter home and laboratory in Fort Myers.
The college has undergone a number of name changes over the years, starting in 1962 when the first students were admitted to the then Edison Junior College. In 1972 the name changed to Edison Community College. In 2004 the name changed again, this time to Edison State College. In 2014 the name changed to Florida SouthWestern State College. Today the Fort Myers campus is known as the Thomas Edison Campus and the statue is located centrally within the campus.
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