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, [/R%C3%BCkl%2049 Rükl: 49]&[/R%C3%BCkl%2060 Rükl: 60] | |
Right: Annotated Clementine view of region using the LTVT software.
Table of Contents
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin Balmer-Kapteyn Basin]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Images Images]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Maps Maps]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Description Description]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 81D4) LAC map Geologic map USGS Digital Atlas PDF
[/Lunar%20Basins 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 Balmer] and [/Kapteyn Kapteyn].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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