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| − | '''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/ LROC]'' view ('''Buys-Ballot''' is the odd-looking crater at bottom in image, while the top crater is '''Buys-Ballot Z''').<br /> '''Right:''' ''Clementine UV-VIS Multispectral Mosaic'': Mercator projection dynamically created by USGS lunar [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer/help/wmsUserDoc.html Web Map Service]. Click [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/AdvanceSearch2.jsp?body=Moon&ft=ALL&nlat=22.5&slat=19.1&wlon=172.6&elon=176.4&lonDirection=EAST&as=ANY&sort=AName&ShowType=Yes&ShowDiam=Yes&ShowLat=Yes&ShowLon=Yes&ShowAD=Yes here] for a USGS-generated list of all [ | + | '''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/ LROC]'' view ('''Buys-Ballot''' is the odd-looking crater at bottom in image, while the top crater is '''Buys-Ballot Z''').<br /> '''Right:''' ''Clementine UV-VIS Multispectral Mosaic'': Mercator projection dynamically created by USGS lunar [http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer/help/wmsUserDoc.html Web Map Service]. Click [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/AdvanceSearch2.jsp?body=Moon&ft=ALL&nlat=22.5&slat=19.1&wlon=172.6&elon=176.4&lonDirection=EAST&as=ANY&sort=AName&ShowType=Yes&ShowDiam=Yes&ShowLat=Yes&ShowLon=Yes&ShowAD=Yes here] for a USGS-generated list of all [[IAU|IAU]]-named features with centers in the current field.<br /> The dark presence south-southeast of '''Buys-Ballot''' is '''Lacus Luxuriae'''.<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Buys-Ballot LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Buys-Ballot%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Buys-Ballot Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Buys-Ballot LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Buys-Ballot%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Buys-Ballot Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
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==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/939 Buys-Ballot] | * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/939 Buys-Ballot] | ||
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* [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Flyovers%20-%20An%20Introduction Flyovers – An Introduction] | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Flyovers%20-%20An%20Introduction Flyovers – An Introduction] | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.H.D._Buys_Ballot Christoph Hendrik Diederik Buys-Ballot] (1817-1890), a Dutch meteorologist. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.H.D._Buys_Ballot Christoph Hendrik Diederik Buys-Ballot] (1817-1890), a Dutch meteorologist. | ||
| − | * '''Buys-Ballot''' was in the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [ | + | * '''Buys-Ballot''' was in the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in [[Menzel%2C%201971#Buys-Ballot|Menzel, 1971]]. |
* '''Buys-Ballot''''s location is immediately north of one of the few officially named lakes on the moon's far side''':''' '''Lacus Luxuriae'''. The other two officially named farside lakes are '''Lacus Oblivionis''' and '''Lacus Solitudinis'''. | * '''Buys-Ballot''''s location is immediately north of one of the few officially named lakes on the moon's far side''':''' '''Lacus Luxuriae'''. The other two officially named farside lakes are '''Lacus Oblivionis''' and '''Lacus Solitudinis'''. | ||
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Buys-Ballot, immediately north-northwest of Lacus Luxuriae
| Lat: 20.81°N, Long: 174.71°E, Diam: 66.38 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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Left: LROC view (Buys-Ballot is the odd-looking crater at bottom in image, while the top crater is Buys-Ballot Z).
Right: Clementine UV-VIS Multispectral Mosaic: Mercator projection dynamically created by USGS lunar Web Map Service. Click here for a USGS-generated list of all IAU-named features with centers in the current field.
The dark presence south-southeast of Buys-Ballot is Lacus Luxuriae.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 50D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Buys-Ballot
- Oblique impact - see LPOD.
- Flyovers – An Introduction
Nomenclature
- Named for Christoph Hendrik Diederik Buys-Ballot (1817-1890), a Dutch meteorologist.
- Buys-Ballot was in the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
- Buys-Ballot's location is immediately north of one of the few officially named lakes on the moon's far side: Lacus Luxuriae. The other two officially named farside lakes are Lacus Oblivionis and Lacus Solitudinis.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Morota, T. et al (2011). Timing and Duration of Mare Volcanism in the Central Region of the Northern Farside of the Moon - Earth Planets Space, 63, 5–13, 2011
- Schultz, P. H. et al (1998). The Possible Generation of Friction Melts at the Lunar Crater, Buys-Ballot – 29th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1998.
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