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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=937&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_iv_112_h3.jpg|external image normal_iv_112_h3.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-937 Lunar Orbiter IV image iv_112_h3]''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Deslandres Deslandres], [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Hell Hell], [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lexell Lexell], Ball: Ball is on the lower left, above the line, and has a central peak.<br /> <br /> | |
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* William; British astronomer (unkn-1690). | * William; British astronomer (unkn-1690). | ||
| − | * Perhaps interesting to know that there was also a certain Irish astronomer called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stawell_Ball Robert Stawell Ball] (1840-1913), and also a certain L.F.Ball who seems to have been a dedicated telescopic observer of the moon. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * Perhaps interesting to know that there was also a certain Irish astronomer called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stawell_Ball Robert Stawell Ball] (1840-1913), and also a certain L.F.Ball who seems to have been a dedicated telescopic observer of the moon. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Apr 26, 2015</small></span> |
| − | * And who was Sir Robert Ball (?), mentioned in the article '''The Moons of Mars''' (Roscoe Lamont, ''Popular Astronomy'', 1925), see pages 425-426 in ''Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies'' (William R. Corliss, ''The Sourcebook Project'', 1979). <span class="membersnap">- | + | * And who was Sir Robert Ball (?), mentioned in the article '''The Moons of Mars''' (Roscoe Lamont, ''Popular Astronomy'', 1925), see pages 425-426 in ''Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies'' (William R. Corliss, ''The Sourcebook Project'', 1979). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Apr 26, 2015</small></span> |
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Revision as of 16:14, 15 April 2018
Contents
Ball
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Lat: 35.9°S, Long: 8.4°W, Diam: 41 km, Depth: 2.81 km, Rükl: 64 |
Lunar Orbiter IV image iv_112_h3
Deslandres, Hell, Lexell, Ball: Ball is on the lower left, above the line, and has a central peak.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 112A1) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) BALL.--A somewhat smaller ring-plain on the S.W. edge of the great plain, with a lofty terraced border and a central mountain more than 2,000 feet high. There are two large irregular depressions on the E. of the formation, a crater on the S., and a smaller one on the N. wall.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
Arthur, 1974: 2.81 km
Westfall, 2000: 2.81 km
Viscardy, 1985: 2.8 km - Central peak composition: GNTA1 (Tompkins & Pieters, 1999)
- Central peak is 1.5 km tall Sekiguchi, 1972. - fatastronomer fatastronomer
Nomenclature
- William; British astronomer (unkn-1690).
- Perhaps interesting to know that there was also a certain Irish astronomer called Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913), and also a certain L.F.Ball who seems to have been a dedicated telescopic observer of the moon. - DannyCaes Apr 26, 2015
- And who was Sir Robert Ball (?), mentioned in the article The Moons of Mars (Roscoe Lamont, Popular Astronomy, 1925), see pages 425-426 in Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (William R. Corliss, The Sourcebook Project, 1979). - DannyCaes Apr 26, 2015
LPOD Articles
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