A crater on the Moon is jointly named after Adams and who else?
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Walter Sydney Adams and Charles Hitchcock Adams
Johannes Kepler
Answer
Adams, in lunar nomenclature, jointly refers to two astronomers, Walter Sydney Adams and Charles Hitchcock Adams. Walter Adams was an American astrophysicist known for his contributions to stellar spectroscopy. Charles Adams, his father, was a distinguished mathematician and astronomer who served as the director of the Dearborn Observatory. Their shared crater recognition pays tribute to both Adams men and their significant contributions to the field of astronomy.
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