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'''Left:'''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2320 Clementine LIDAR data]: altitude-coded shaded relief map<br /> '''Right:''' Annotated Clementine view of region using the [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/LTVT LTVT] software. <div id="toc"> | '''Left:'''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2320 Clementine LIDAR data]: altitude-coded shaded relief map<br /> '''Right:''' Annotated Clementine view of region using the [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/LTVT LTVT] software. <div id="toc"> | ||
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Balmer-Kapteyn LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Balmer%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Balmer Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Balmer-Kapteyn LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Balmer%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Balmer Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:41, 16 April 2018
Contents
Balmer-Kapteyn Basin
(unofficial name)
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Lat: 15°S, Long: 70°E, Main ring diameter: 500 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 49&Rükl: 60 | |
Right: Annotated Clementine view of region using the LTVT software.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 81D4) LAC map Geologic map USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Basin Classification
(description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) Impact Basin Database)
| Certainty of Existence |
USGS Age |
Wilhelms Age Group |
Ring Diameters |
Mare Thickness |
Mascon |
| Uncertain |
Pre-Nectarian |
2 |
260, 500, 750, 1000 km |
600m |
No; -4 mG gravity anomaly |
Description
Additional Information
- Discovered by Maxwell & Andre (1981)
Nomenclature
Basins filled with maria are named for the mare, and basins that were previously recognized as craters still bear the crater name. Basins located between craters have the names of the two opposite craters with a hyphen in between, in this case Balmer and Kapteyn.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
