Fontenelle Epsilon

Fontenelle Epsilon

(discontinued IAU name)

Lat: 62.5°N, Long: 15.9°W, Diam: 17 km, Height: 0.6 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%203 Rükl: 3]

Table of Contents

[#Fontenelle Epsilon Fontenelle Epsilon]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-Images Images]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-Maps Maps]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-Description Description]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Fontenelle Epsilon-Bibliography Bibliography]

LO-IV-128H A small piece of the rim of [/Fontenelle Fontenelle] is visible in the upper left corner.

Images

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Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 12A1) LAC map Geologic map

Description

The feature formerly known as Fontenelle Epsilon is rocky outcropping in [/Mare%20Frigoris Mare Frigoris], about 50 km southwest of the center of Fontenelle.
  Seems to be the southern corner of the formation known as Madler's Square.
 
 

Additional Information

• Coordinates and diameter are from LO-IV-128H registered to the [/ULCN#ULCN_1994 1994 ULCN].
• Height rises between 540m-640m (Boint, "Profiles Of Features In The J. Herschel Crater, Fontenelle Crater, and La Condamine Crater Area", Selenology Today, Vol. 9. 1-12.)- fatastronomer fatastronomer
• The peak immediately north of Fontenelle Epsilon (long 16.2W, lat 63.5N) rises between 280m-360m (Boint, "Profiles Of Features In The J. Herschel Crater, Fontenelle Crater, and La Condamine Crater Area", Selenology Today, Vol. 9. 1-12.).- fatastronomer fatastronomer
• An old crater rim 100km north of Fontenelle crater (21.7 W.Long., 67 N. Lat.) was measured and a profile produced. The maximum height measured was just under 1600m. (Boint, "Profiles Of Features In The J. Herschel Crater, Fontenelle Crater, and La Condamine Crater Area", Selenology Today, Vol. 9. 1-12.).- fatastronomer fatastronomer

Nomenclature

• Named after the nearby crater ([/Fontenelle Fontenelle]).
• Part of original IAU nomenclature of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller] (1935), [/Collated%20List Collated List] #1333.
• Nearly all Greek-lettered peak names east of Fontenelle, including this one (Fontenelle Epsilon), were discontinued by the [/IAU IAU] in 1973 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB]), most of them are still seen on the charts of the Times Atlas of the Moon.

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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