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* This crater was identified in Lunik 3 imaging and given its present name in the Russian ''Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon'' (1960). The name was approved in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIB IAU Transactions XIB] (1961), although considerably revised coordinates were later published in [/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971]. | * This crater was identified in Lunik 3 imaging and given its present name in the Russian ''Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon'' (1960). The name was approved in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIB IAU Transactions XIB] (1961), although considerably revised coordinates were later published in [/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971]. | ||
| − | * During planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), astronauts and mission planners (perhaps unaware that this crater already had a name, or uncertain of its identification), referred to '''Mendeleev''' by the informal name of "'''Florida'''" (source: [http:// | + | * During planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), astronauts and mission planners (perhaps unaware that this crater already had a name, or uncertain of its identification), referred to '''Mendeleev''' by the informal name of "'''Florida'''" (source: [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_9,_2007 Phil Stooke's LPOD]). |
* In NASA SP-232 ''Analysis of Apollo 10 Photography and Visual Observations'', it ('''Mendeleev''') is called ''Basin IX'', or ''Crater IX'', or ''Sea IX''.<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Aug 4, 2010</small></span> | * In NASA SP-232 ''Analysis of Apollo 10 Photography and Visual Observations'', it ('''Mendeleev''') is called ''Basin IX'', or ''Crater IX'', or ''Sea IX''.<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Aug 4, 2010</small></span> | ||
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Revision as of 19:24, 11 April 2018
Contents
Mendeleev Basin
(unofficial name; IAU crater name: Mendeleev, 313 km diam)
| Lat: 5.38°N, Long: 141.7°E, Main ring diam: 325.13 km, Basin depth: 4.8-5.0 km, Rükl: (farside) | |
Table of Contents
[#Mendeleev Basin Mendeleev Basin]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Images Images]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Maps Maps]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Description Description]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Mendeleev Basin-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Mendeleev Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Mendeleev Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Kaguya HDTV oblique view ASU Apollo Image Archive
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 66C1) LTO map
[/Lunar%20Basins 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 |
| Probable |
Nectarian |
11 |
140, 365 km |
1.0 km |
No; -40 mG gravity anomaly |
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Mendeleev
Nomenclature
- The IAU crater name honors Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907); a Russian chemist .
- The impact basin is named after the crater.
- This crater was identified in Lunik 3 imaging and given its present name in the Russian Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon (1960). The name was approved in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIB IAU Transactions XIB] (1961), although considerably revised coordinates were later published in [/Menzel%2C%201971 Menzel, 1971].
- During planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), astronauts and mission planners (perhaps unaware that this crater already had a name, or uncertain of its identification), referred to Mendeleev by the informal name of "Florida" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).
- In NASA SP-232 Analysis of Apollo 10 Photography and Visual Observations, it (Mendeleev) is called Basin IX, or Crater IX, or Sea IX.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 4, 2010
LROC Articles
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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