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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1488&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_agrippa23051.jpg|external image normal_agrippa23051.jpg]]][http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=433&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_mare-tranquillitatis-clem1.jpg|external image normal_mare-tranquillitatis-clem1.jpg]]]<br /> Left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1488 Eric Soucy]'', Right: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-433 Clementine]''<br /> <br /> <div id="toc"> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1488&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_agrippa23051.jpg|external image normal_agrippa23051.jpg]]][http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=433&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_mare-tranquillitatis-clem1.jpg|external image normal_mare-tranquillitatis-clem1.jpg]]]<br /> Left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1488 Eric Soucy]'', Right: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-433 Clementine]''<br /> <br /> <div id="toc"> | ||
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Mare%20Tranquillitatis LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mare%20Tranquillitatis%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Mare%20Tranquillitatis Apollo Images]<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/catalog/8/A/ Ranger 8 - Camera A photographs]<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/catalog/8/B/ Ranger 8 - Camera B photographs]<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/catalog/8/P/ Ranger 8 - Camera P photographs]<br /> <br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Mare%20Tranquillitatis LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mare%20Tranquillitatis%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Mare%20Tranquillitatis Apollo Images]<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/catalog/8/A/ Ranger 8 - Camera A photographs]<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/catalog/8/B/ Ranger 8 - Camera B photographs]<br /> [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/catalog/8/P/ Ranger 8 - Camera P photographs]<br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 61A4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac61/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I722/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto61a4_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
| − | ==[http://the-moon. | + | ==[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar%20Basins Basin Classification]== |
(description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/Lunar%20Basins.htm Impact Basin Database])<br /> | (description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/Lunar%20Basins.htm Impact Basin Database])<br /> | ||
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==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
| − | [http:// | + | [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_18,_2006 Going Extreme] [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/May_20,_2006 An Elusive Phase] [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/May_19,_2006 How Can You Be Tranquil When So Much Is Happening] [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/April_13,_2006 Color on the Cheap] [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_24,_2004 Tranquil Sunshine] [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/January_12,_2004 Western Tranquillitatis]<br /> <br /> |
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
Wood, C.A. Aug. 2003. Treasurers of western Tranquillitatis. S&T August 2003 v106 p120<br /> <br /> <br /> | Wood, C.A. Aug. 2003. Treasurers of western Tranquillitatis. S&T August 2003 v106 p120<br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
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Revision as of 19:24, 11 April 2018
Contents
Tranquillitatis Basin
(unofficial name; IAU feature name for central 873 km of mare: Mare Tranquillitatis)
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Lat: 8.5°N, Long: 31.4°E, Main ring diam: 700 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 36 |
Left: Eric Soucy, Right: Clementine
Table of Contents
[#Tranquillitatis Basin Tranquillitatis Basin]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Images Images]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Maps Maps]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Description Description]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Tranquillitatis Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Ranger 8 - Camera A photographs
Ranger 8 - Camera B photographs
Ranger 8 - Camera P photographs
Maps
(LAC zone 61A4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
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 |
3 |
700, 950 km |
1.0 km |
No; -40 mG gravity anomaly |
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Mare area of 436,000 km^2 according to measurements by Jim Whitford-Stark.
Nomenclature
The IAU feature name means "Sea of Tranquility".
- Called the body of the man in reference to a pre-Galileo telescopic sketch map by Thomas Harriot in ~1609 [Whitaker: Mapping and Naming the Moon, p 17]
- The impact basin is named after the crater.
- Erroneously printed as Mare Tranquilitatis (1 "l") on page 13 (nearside map) in the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (2012).- DannyCaes DannyCaes Jan 23, 2013
LPOD Articles
Going Extreme An Elusive Phase How Can You Be Tranquil When So Much Is Happening Color on the Cheap Tranquil Sunshine Western Tranquillitatis
Bibliography
Wood, C.A. Aug. 2003. Treasurers of western Tranquillitatis. S&T August 2003 v106 p120
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