Sheepshanks
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Sheepshanks
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Lat: 59.2°N, Long: 16.9°E, Diam: 25 km, Depth: 3.85 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%205 Rükl: 5], [/Stratigraphy Upper Imbrian] |
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[#Sheepshanks Sheepshanks]
[#Sheepshanks-Images Images]
[#Sheepshanks-Maps Maps]
[#Sheepshanks-Description Description]
[#Sheepshanks-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Sheepshanks-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Sheepshanks-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Sheepshanks-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Sheepshanks-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-104H Sheepshanks is to the lower right of center. The larger crater (with the central peak) to the northwest of Sheepshanks is [/C.%20Mayer C. Mayer] B, with circular [/C.%20Mayer C. Mayer] E above that. The 7-km crater near the right margin is Sheepshanks A.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 13A4) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.85 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.99 km
- Judging from the shadow in LO-IV-104H, the east wall of Sheepshanks is up to 2800 m above the floor. - JimMosher JimMosher
- TSI = 5, CPI = 5, FI = 10; MI =20 [/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Sanchez, 1973]
Nomenclature
- Anne Sheepshanks; British benefactor (1789-1876).
- Anne was the sister of Richard Sheepshanks, a prominent British astronomer (for whom the crater and its satellite features are not named). After Richard's death, Anne contributed funds to the Cambridge University Observatory, which they used to purchase a modern telescope, also named in her honor. - JimMosher JimMosher
- List of features named for [/Nomenclature-Women women].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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