Littrow (disambiguation)
Littrow is a lunar crater named for astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow. It can also refer to:
People
- Auguste von Littrow, German-Austrian author and women's movement leader
- Heinrich von Littrow, Austrian cartographer and writer
- Joseph Johann von Littrow, Austrian astronomer
- Karl L. Littrow, Austrian astronomer, son of Joseph Johann Littrow
Lunar features
- Taurus–Littrow, a valley on the Moon named after the Littrow crater and the Taurus mountain range
Other
- Littrow prism, an optical device used with lasers and in spectroscopy
- Littrow projection, a map projection invented by Joseph Johann Littrow, also called the Weir Azimuth diagram
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