Mutus-Vlacq Basin

Mutus-Vlacq Basin

(unofficial name)

Table of Contents

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin Mutus-Vlacq Basin]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Images Images]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Maps Maps]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Description Description]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Mutus-Vlacq Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]

Lat: 52°S, Long: 21°E, Main ring diam: 700 km, Depth: 3.0 km, Rukl: 74

Clementine, Clementine LIDAR Altimeter texture from PDS Map-a-Planet remapped to north-up aerial view by LTVT. The dot is the center position and the white circle the main ring position from Chuck Wood's Impact Basin Database. Grid spacing = 10 degrees.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 127A3)

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
Probable	Pre-Nectarian	3	500, 700 km		No; 0 mG gravity anomaly

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 Mutus and Vlacq.
 
 

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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