Mapping and Naming the Moon A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature

Ewen Whitaker worked as an astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory (Greenwich and Herstmonceux), Yerkes Observatory (Wisconsin), and the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (University of Arizona). He is a Member of the International Astronomical Union, and works with its Task Group for Lunar Nomenclature. In 1982 the British Astronomical Association awarded him its highest honour, the Walter Goodacre Medal. A participant of several NASA missions, Whitaker located the landing position of Surveyor 3 which enabled Apollo 12 astronauts to land alongside it and return parts to Earth. Ewen Whitaker lives in retirement in Tucson, Arizona.Whitaker, Ewen A. is the author of 'Mapping and Naming the Moon A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature' with ISBN 9780521544146 and ISBN 0521544149.