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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1747&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Catena%20Abulfeda_LO_iv_089_h2.jpg|external image normal_Catena%20Abulfeda_LO_iv_089_h2.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1747 LOIV 089 H2]'' The '''Abulfeda crater chain''' starts in the upper left corner and goes to the lower right corner of this image.<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1747&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Catena%20Abulfeda_LO_iv_089_h2.jpg|external image normal_Catena%20Abulfeda_LO_iv_089_h2.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1747 LOIV 089 H2]'' The '''Abulfeda crater chain''' starts in the upper left corner and goes to the lower right corner of this image.<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Catena%20Abulfeda LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Catena%20Abulfeda%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Catena%20Abulfeda Apollo Images]<br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Catena%20Abulfeda LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Catena%20Abulfeda%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Catena%20Abulfeda Apollo Images]<br />  
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* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1055 Catena Abulfeda]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1055 Catena Abulfeda]
 
* List of [[Lunar%20Catenae|Lunar Catenae]].
 
* List of [[Lunar%20Catenae|Lunar Catenae]].
* '''Abulfeda crater chain''' is thought to have formed from impacts of a disrupted comet. <span class="membersnap">- tychocrater <small>Jun 23, 2007</small></span>
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* '''Abulfeda crater chain''' is thought to have formed from impacts of a disrupted comet. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/tychocrater [[Image:Tychocrater-lg.jpg|16px|tychocrater]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/tychocrater tychocrater] <small>Jun 23, 2007</small></span>
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==

Revision as of 18:42, 15 April 2018

Catena Abulfeda

(official IAU name, also known informally as Abulfeda crater chain)

Lat: 16.61°S, Long: 16.68°E, Length: 209.97 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 56 and 57

external image normal_Catena%20Abulfeda_LO_iv_089_h2.jpg
LOIV 089 H2 The Abulfeda crater chain starts in the upper left corner and goes to the lower right corner of this image.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

  • Most of Apollo 16's southward-looking orbital photographs of Catena Abulfeda are online in the LPI's list of crater Abulfeda itself.
  • Lunar Orbiter 5's Frame 084 shows a close-up of the northern part of Catena Abulfeda and the southern half of the adjacent crater Abulfeda.
    • Research: Danny Caes


Maps

(LAC zone 96A2) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Wikipedia

Catena Abulfeda

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Named from nearby crater. (Abulfeda)

LPOD Articles


Bibliography

  • Apollo Over the Moon, Chapter 3: The Terrae (Part 2), Figure 45.
  • Don E. Wilhelms, To a Rocky Moon: a Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration, Page 286 (Abulfeda Chain).




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