Balmer-Kapteyn Basin
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Balmer-Kapteyn Basin
(unofficial name)
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Lat: 15°S, Long: 70°E, Main ring diameter: 500 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 49&Rükl: 60 | |
Right: Annotated Clementine view of region using the LTVT software.
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Maps
(LAC zone 81D4) LAC map Geologic map USGS Digital Atlas PDF
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 |
Pre-Nectarian |
2 |
260, 500, 750, 1000 km |
600m |
No; -4 mG gravity anomaly |
Description
Additional Information
- Discovered by Maxwell & Andre (1981)
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 Balmer and Kapteyn.
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