List of things named after Johann Lambert

This article is a list of things named in the memory of the 18th century Swiss scientist Johann Heinrich Lambert:

Optics

• Beer–Lambert law
  • Beer–Lambert–Bouguer law, see above
• lambert (unit) ^[1]
  • Foot-lambert
• Lambert's cosine law
• Lambertian reflectance

Mathematics

• Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection
• Lambert conformal conic projection
• Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection
• Lambert mean
• Lambert quadrilateral
• Lambert series
• Lambert summation
• Lambert W function
• Lambert's problem
• Lambert's theorem on the parabola
• Lambert's trinomial equation
• Lambertian function (inverse of the Gudermannian function)

Other

• 187 Lamberta, ^[1] asteroid
• Lambert (lunar crater). ^[1] In the MARE IMBRIUM, Diameter: 30.1209 km
• Lambert (Martian crater). ^[1] In the Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.2°S latitude and 334.7°W longitude. It is 92.0 km in diameter

References

1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 32. ISBN   978-3642297182.