Meton

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Meton

Lat: 73.6°N, Long: 18.8°E, Diam: 130 km, Depth: 1.83 km, Rükl: 5, pre-Nectarian?

Table of Contents

[#Meton Meton]
[#Meton-Images Images]
[#Meton-Maps Maps]
[#Meton-Description Description]
[#Meton-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Meton-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Meton-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Meton-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Meton-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image Meton_a24s708_06-26-05_p4FLIP.jpg
Wes Higgins

Images

LPOD Photo GalleryLunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 4A4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

METON.--A peculiarly-shaped walled-plain of great size, exhibiting considerable parallelism. The floor is seen to be very rugged under oblique illumination.

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 1.83 km
  • Cherrington, 1969: 2.49 km


Nomenclature

Meton of Athens was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geometer, and engineer who lived in Athens in the 5th century BCE.

LPOD Articles


Bibliography



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