What is "eddington"

Eddington or Edington may refer to:

Eddington is the lava-flooded remnant of a lunar impact crater, located on the western part of Oceanus Procellarum. The western rim is attached to the wall of the walled plain Struve. To the east-southeast is the smaller but prominent crater Seleucus. South of Eddington is Krafft.

The south and southeastern rim of Eddington is almost completely gone, leaving only a few ridges and promontories in the lunar mare to trace the outline of the original crater. As a consequence, Eddington is now essentially a bay in the Oceanus Procellarum. The remainder of the rim is worn and irregular, forming a mountainous arc that is widest in the north. The floor is almost free of craters of significance, with the nearly submerged crater Eddington P lying in the southeast sector. If the crater once had a central peak, it is no longer evident.

The crater was named after the British astronomer and mathematician Sir Arthur Eddington.

The Eddington mission was a European Space Agency (ESA) project that planned to search for Earth-like planets, but was cancelled in 2003. It was named for Arthur Eddington, a noted physicist who translated Einstein's work and carried out the first test ( gravitational lensing) of the general theory of relativity. It was originally planned for operation in 2008, but was delayed. The ESA website now records its status as cancelled.

Eddington (foaled in 2001) is a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire bred in Kentucky by Carl Rosen and Associates and raced under the Willmott Stables banner (Nom de course for Peter Willmott). He finished racing with a record of 6-3-6 in 17 starts and career earnings of $1,216,760. Eddington was best known for his wins in the Grade I Pimlico Special and the Grade II Gulfstream Park Handicap as well as his in-the-money showing in the Grade I Preakness Stakes. As a yearling, he was sent to Ocala, Florida, to the master horsemen Art Fisher.

Eddington or Edington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944), English astrophysicist
• E. Keith Eddington (1923–2007), American graphic designer
• Patrick G. Eddington, former CIA imagery analyst
• Paul Eddington (1927–1995), English actor
• Rod Eddington (born 1950), Australian businessman
• Jonathon Edington (born 1977), American patent lawyer
• Sophie Edington (born 1984), Australian swimmer
• Stump Edington (1891–1969), American baseball player
• William Edington (died 1366), English bishop and administrator

Fictional characters:

• Michael Eddington, fictional character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine