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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2426 LO-IV-182H]'' Dalton is the floor-fractured crater on the left. To its east, the crater with the swirling flow pattern on its floor is Balboa A ([[Balboa|Balboa]] itself is half-visible at the top). To the southeast of Dalton is the keyhole-shaped and deeply shadowed 27-km diameter [[Vasco%20da%20Gama|Vasco da Gama]] B.<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2426 LO-IV-182H]'' Dalton is the floor-fractured crater on the left. To its east, the crater with the swirling flow pattern on its floor is Balboa A ([[Balboa|Balboa]] itself is half-visible at the top). To the southeast of Dalton is the keyhole-shaped and deeply shadowed 27-km diameter [[Vasco%20da%20Gama|Vasco da Gama]] B.<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dalton LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dalton%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dalton Apollo Images]<br /> [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond07_A.jpg Zond 7] ('''Dalton''' and environs, evening light).<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dalton LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dalton%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dalton Apollo Images]<br /> [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond07_A.jpg Zond 7] ('''Dalton''' and environs, evening light).<br /> <br />  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_(crater Dalton]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_(crater Dalton]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
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  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
 
* Westfall, 2000: 2.15 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 2.15 km
 
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 16 April 2018

Dalton

Lat: 17.1°N, Long: 84.3°W, Diam: 60 km, Depth: 2.15 km, Rükl: 17

external image normal_Dalton_LO-IV-182H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-182H Dalton is the floor-fractured crater on the left. To its east, the crater with the swirling flow pattern on its floor is Balboa A (Balboa itself is half-visible at the top). To the southeast of Dalton is the keyhole-shaped and deeply shadowed 27-km diameter Vasco da Gama B.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Zond 7 (Dalton and environs, evening light).

Maps

(LAC zone 37D3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Dalton

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 2.15 km


Nomenclature

  • John Dalton; British chemist, physicist (1766-1844).
  • Name given by Arthur and Whitaker in Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 (Whitaker, 1999, p234).
  • Rimae Dalton (a certain lunar enthusiast's unofficial name for the system of rilles on the floor of Dalton).


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