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* Mare area of 8,350 km^2 according to measurements by [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/MareAreas.htm Jim Whitford-Stark]. | * Mare area of 8,350 km^2 according to measurements by [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/MareAreas.htm Jim Whitford-Stark]. | ||
| − | * The lunar dome (located in Palus Putredinis) termed Putredinis 1 has a diameter of 7.0±0.5 km and a height of 90±10 m resulting in a flank slope of 1.47° and an edifice volume of 1.78 km³. According to the inferred spectral, morphometric, and rheologic properties, the dome Putredinis 1 belongs to class C2 in the GLR classification scheme of effusive domes ([http://amlunsoc.org/archive/archiveindex.htm A Study About a Lunar Dome in Palus Putredinis] by Raffaello Lena, Christian Wöhler and George Tarsoudis of the Geologic Lunar Research (GLR) group published in the Fall 2009 issue of Selenology: Journal Of the American Lunar Society).<span class="membersnap">- | + | * The lunar dome (located in Palus Putredinis) termed Putredinis 1 has a diameter of 7.0±0.5 km and a height of 90±10 m resulting in a flank slope of 1.47° and an edifice volume of 1.78 km³. According to the inferred spectral, morphometric, and rheologic properties, the dome Putredinis 1 belongs to class C2 in the GLR classification scheme of effusive domes ([http://amlunsoc.org/archive/archiveindex.htm A Study About a Lunar Dome in Palus Putredinis] by Raffaello Lena, Christian Wöhler and George Tarsoudis of the Geologic Lunar Research (GLR) group published in the Fall 2009 issue of Selenology: Journal Of the American Lunar Society).<span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:30, 16 April 2018
Contents
Palus Putredinis
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Lat: 26.5°N, Long: 0.4°E, Diam: 161 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 22 |
Source: Clementine (from Paolo Amoroso)
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Two of Chesley Bonestell's extraordinary paintings, online in Fabio Femino's page Collier's-1 show orbital views of Palus Putredinis and nearby craters Archimedes, Autolycus, and Aristillus (see bottom of that page). Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 41B4) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Mare area of 8,350 km^2 according to measurements by Jim Whitford-Stark.
- The lunar dome (located in Palus Putredinis) termed Putredinis 1 has a diameter of 7.0±0.5 km and a height of 90±10 m resulting in a flank slope of 1.47° and an edifice volume of 1.78 km³. According to the inferred spectral, morphometric, and rheologic properties, the dome Putredinis 1 belongs to class C2 in the GLR classification scheme of effusive domes (A Study About a Lunar Dome in Palus Putredinis by Raffaello Lena, Christian Wöhler and George Tarsoudis of the Geologic Lunar Research (GLR) group published in the Fall 2009 issue of Selenology: Journal Of the American Lunar Society).- fatastronomer
Nomenclature
"Marsh of Decay".
LPOD Articles
A Ho-Hum Place A Corner of Decay Slithering and Sliding
LROC Articles
Shiny Mound (the high-albedo "island" west of the Rima Hadley complex, at Palus Putredinis).
Bibliography
