Townley
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Townley
(formerly [/Apollonius Apollonius] G)
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Lat: 3.4°N, Long: 63.3°E, Diam: 18 km, Depth: 1.87 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2038 Rükl: 38] |
Table of Contents
[#Townley Townley]
[#Townley-Images Images]
[#Townley-Maps Maps]
[#Townley-Description Description]
[#Townley-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Townley-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Townley-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Townley-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Townley-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-184H Townley is at the top. In the lower right, the 5-km circular crater [/Petit Petit] (along with another smaller crater) lies on the southwest flank of the unnamed irregular depression on the northwestern shore of [/Mare%20Spumans Mare Spumans].
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Lunar Orbiter 1's Frame 029 shows Townley (near upper right corner), Condon (left of photograph's centre), Webb (near lower left corner), and bright Petit (south of Townley).
- For an oblique northward look at Townley and its dark floor, and the bright ray-craterlet Petit (during high solar illumination) scroll all the way toward the right margin of Apollo 16's orbital ITEK-panoramic frame AS16-P-5168.
- Additional research Lunar Orbiter and Apollo photographs: Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 62C4) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 1.87 km
Nomenclature
Sidney Dean; American astronomer (1867-1946).
- This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was introduced on LTO-62C4. - JimMosher JimMosher
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), page 25 (Mare Spumans).
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