Foucault is a small lunar impact crater that lies along the southern edge of Mare Frigoris, to the southeast of the crater Harpalus. In the rugged terrain...

Foucault may refer to: Foucault (surname) Léon Foucault (1819–1868), French physicist. Three notable objects were named after him: Foucault (crater),...

is the crater Foucault. Nearly due west is the more prominent Harpalus, and to the west is La Condamine. This is a relatively young crater with well-defined...

the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description...

crater that lies on the Mare Frigoris, at the eastern edge of the Sinus Roris. To the southeast at the edge of the mare is the small crater Foucault,...

The crater Fizeau on the far side of the Moon is named after him. Daguerreotype Michelson stellar interferometer Optical chopper Léon Foucault Hockey...

light in the manner subsequently effected by Hippolyte Fizeau and Léon Foucault was suggested by Arago in 1838, but his failing eyesight prevented his...

que c'est un rayonnement invisible à nos yeux, comme le croit M. Léon Foucault, ...." "... this persistent activity ... cannot be due to phosphorescence...

the rotation of pendulums, 190 years before the famous demonstration by Foucault. Specifically, during experiments with a pendulum, he observed it to veer...

435 BCE – According to legend, Empedocles leapt to his death into the crater of Etna. 420 BCE – According to some reports, Protagoras died in a shipwreck...