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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' TIMAEUS.--A very bright ring-plain, 22 miles in diameter, with walls about 4,500 feet in height, on the coast-line of the [[Mare%20Frigoris|Mare Frigoris]], and associated with the W. side of the great enclosed plain [[W.%20Bond|W.C. Bond]]. Schmidt shows a double hill, nearly central, and Neison a crater on the S.E. wall.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' TIMAEUS.--A very bright ring-plain, 22 miles in diameter, with walls about 4,500 feet in height, on the coast-line of the [[Mare%20Frigoris|Mare Frigoris]], and associated with the W. side of the great enclosed plain [[W.%20Bond|W.C. Bond]]. Schmidt shows a double hill, nearly central, and Neison a crater on the S.E. wall.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timaeus_(crater) Timaeus]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timaeus_(crater) Timaeus]<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: 3.23 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 3.23 km
 
* Cherrington, 1969: 2.25 km
 
* Cherrington, 1969: 2.25 km
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Central peak height<br />  
 
Central peak height<br />  
  
* [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 0.8 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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* [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 0.8 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:Fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
 
* Measures on LRO QuickMap give central peak height about 500 m
 
* Measures on LRO QuickMap give central peak height about 500 m
 
* Small concentric rille suggest this could be a floor-fractured crater.
 
* Small concentric rille suggest this could be a floor-fractured crater.

Revision as of 03:19, 16 April 2018

Timaeus

Lat: 62.8°N, Long: 0.5°W, Diam: 32 km, Depth: 2.1 km, Rükl:4, Upper Imbrian

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Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) TIMAEUS.--A very bright ring-plain, 22 miles in diameter, with walls about 4,500 feet in height, on the coast-line of the Mare Frigoris, and associated with the W. side of the great enclosed plain W.C. Bond. Schmidt shows a double hill, nearly central, and Neison a crater on the S.E. wall.

Description: Wikipedia

Timaeus

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 3.23 km
  • Cherrington, 1969: 2.25 km
  • Measures on LRO QuickMap give depth range of about 1.8 to 2.5 km, ave about 2.1 km

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Timaeus (ca. 345—ca. 250 BC) was an ancient Greek historian. His great historical work was The Histories, probably some 40 books. This work was divided into unequal sections, containing the history of Greece from its earliest days till the first Punic war.

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