Dorsum Zirkel
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Dorsum Zirkel
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Lat: 28.1°N, Long: 23.5°W, Length: 193 km, Height: km, Rükl: 20 |
Apollo 15 AS15-M-1556. The Zirkel Ridge is at center right, with Dorsum Heim snaking along the terminator to its upper left. The prominent shadow-casting peak to the lower left of Dorsum Zirkel is Mons La Hire. The shadow along the right margin is part of the Apollo spacecraft from which this north-looking oblique view was taken.
Images
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Because the southern (southeastern) extension of Dorsum Zirkel is running across craters La Hire A and La Hire B (see upper margin of Rukl's chart 20), all orbital Apollo photographs of that part of Dorsum Zirkel should be online in the LPI's lists of La Hire A and La Hire B. - DannyCaes Aug 20, 2011
Maps
(LAC zone 40A2) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Ferdinand Zirkel (March 20, 1838 – June 12, 1912) was a German geologist and petrographer. He became professor of mineralogy and geology in the University of Leipzig. The mineral zirkelite is named after him.
LPOD Articles
The Best Lava Flow on the Moon
The Best Lunar Lava Flow
LROC Articles
Flow Boundary (near Dorsum Zirkel, and both Carlini K and Carlini L).
Bibliography
APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 4: The Maria (Part 1), Figure 66.
