Difference between revisions of "Bouguer"
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− | ''([[IAU% | + | ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BOUGUER.--A bright regular little ring-plain, about 8 miles in diameter, N. of [[Bianchini|Bianchini]].<br /> <br /> |
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouguer_%28crater%29 Bouguer]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouguer_%28crater%29 Bouguer]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/839 Bouguer] | * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/839 Bouguer] | ||
− | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher% | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 3.21 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 3.21 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.5 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 2.5 km |
Latest revision as of 01:42, 16 April 2018
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Bouguer
Lat: 52.32°N, Long: 35.82°W, Diam: 22.23 km, Depth: 3.21 km, Rükl: 2, Copernican |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
- Both item N°30 and item N°31 in C. A. Wood's list of Concentric Craters (1978) are located northeast of Bouguer. Try to detect them on the Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph LOIV-151-h3.
- Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 11D2) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) BOUGUER.--A bright regular little ring-plain, about 8 miles in diameter, N. of Bianchini.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Bouguer
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 3.21 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.5 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.49 km
- Included in ALPO list of bright ray craters
- TSI = 20, CPI = 5, FI = 20; MI =45 Smith and Sanchez, 1973
- Two concentric craters northeast of Bouguer (one near Bouguer A and the other near Bouguer B).
Nomenclature
- Named for Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758), a French hydrographer.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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