Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin

Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin

(unofficial name)

Table of Contents

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Images Images]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Maps Maps]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Description Description]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]

Lat: 68°S, Long: 111°E, Main ring diam: 310 km, Depth: km, Rukl: farside

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 140A4)

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
Uncertain	Nectarian	11	310 km	km	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 Sikorsky and Rittenhouse.
 
 

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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