Borda
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Borda
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Lat: 25.1°S, Long: 46.6°E, Diam: 44 km, Depth: 3.64 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2059 Rükl: 59] |
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([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) BORDA.--A ring-plain about 25 miles in diameter, S.S.E. of [/Santbech Santbech], with a rampart low on the N. and S., but elsewhere of considerable height, and a very conspicuous central mountain. A wide deep valley flanked by lofty mountains extends from the N. wall for many miles towards the N.E. It is an especially noteworthy object when the E. wall of [/Santbech Santbech] is on the evening terminator, as its somewhat winding course, indicated by the bright summit-ridges of the bordering mountains, can be followed some hours before either the interior of the valley or the region between it and [/Santbech Santbech] are in sunlight. Among the mountains E. of Borda there is a peak more than 11,000 feet in height.
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- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 3.64 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.9 km
- Central peak height
- [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: 2.0 km, 1.5 km tall oblong peak (aligned N-S) in southern part of floor - fatastronomer fatastronomer
Nomenclature
Jean Charles de; French astronomer (1733-1799).
- This name was introduced by Mädler ([/Whitaker Whitaker], p. 219).
- Borda Delta (the central peak of Borda) (see Chart 86 in the Times Atlas of the Moon). Borda Delta is not mentioned on chart SLC A6 from the System of Lunar Craters, 1966.
- The name Borda was not included on the corresponding LAC map (LAC 97) in the Clementine Atlas of the Moon.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 15, 2010
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