Buffon
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Buffon
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Lat: 40.4°S, Long: 133.4°W, Diam: 106 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), [/Stratigraphy pre-Nectarian] | |
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[#Buffon Buffon]
[#Buffon-Images Images]
[#Buffon-Maps Maps]
[#Buffon-Description Description]
[#Buffon-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Buffon-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Buffon-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Buffon-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Buffon-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 122D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
While Buffon is some 200 kilometres away from the [/Apollo Apollo Basin's] south-eastern ring (~480 km, pre-Nec), the crater also lies on the north-eastern, outer ring of the [/South%20Pole-Aitken%20Basin South Pole Aitken Basin] -- a 2500 kilometre-wide basin of the [/Stratigraphy pre-Nectarian] period (~ 4.6 to 3.92 bn years). Buffon's outer rim -- particularly its north-eastern sector and especiallly its western sector -- is practically non-existant, but while most of its southern sector looks relatively sharp, impacts in the region here have remodeled its extension southwards, thus, increasing the crater's size. The inner rim regions have traceable elements of terracing all around, however, their well-worn appearance blends easily into a relatively level floor. A pair of peaks lie at the centre of the floor, but the rest is covered in hundreds of small impact craters -- one, particularly in the south-west, showing a higher albedo than the surrounding region.- JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Georges Louis Leclerc; French natural historian (1707-1788).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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