Lomonosov-Fleming Basin
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Lomonosov-Fleming Basin
(unofficial name)
| Lat: 19°N, Long: 105°E, Main ring diam: 620 km, Depth: 2.44 km, Rukl: farside | |
Right: Annotated Clementine view of region using the LTVT software.
Table of Contents
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin Lomonosov-Fleming Basin]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Images Images]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Maps Maps]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Description Description]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Lomonosov-Fleming Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 46C4)
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 |
| Proposed |
Pre-Nectarian |
3 |
620 km |
Description
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Basins filled with maria are named for the mare, and basins that were previously recognized as craters still bear the crater name. Basins located between craters have the names of the two opposite craters with a hyphen in between, in this case Lomonosov and Fleming.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Remote sensing studies of the Lomonosov-Fleming region of the Moon (PDF) Giguere T.A., Hawke B.R., Blewett D.T., Bussey D.B.J., Lucey P.G., Smith G.A., Spudis P.D., and Taylor G.J., (2003) J. Geophys. Res. 108, E11, 5118, doi:10.1029/2003JE002069
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