Vallis Capella
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Vallis Capella
([/IAU IAU]-approved(?) name)
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Lat: 7.6°S, Long: 34.9°E, Length: 49 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2047 Rükl: 47] |
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[#Vallis Capella Vallis Capella]
[#Vallis Capella-Images Images]
[#Vallis Capella-Maps Maps]
[#Vallis Capella-Description Description]
[#Vallis Capella-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Vallis Capella-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Vallis Capella-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Vallis Capella-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Vallis Capella-Bibliography Bibliography]
LOIV-072-H3 Vallis Capella is the gouge-like feature running through the central crater ([/Capella Capella]) from upper left to lower right. The crater to the left of [/Capella Capella] is [/Isidorus Isidorus].
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Lunar Image of the Week (ASU, 02/10/2009)
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 79A4) LAC map Geologic map AIC map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named after the nearby crater ([/Capella Capella]).
- This feature name was not part of the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller].
- The feature is depicted, but not named, on Chart B5 of [/Quad%20Maps Quad Maps] accompanying the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters].
- The present name was provisionally assigned on LTO-79A4 (October, 1974).
- The on-line [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer] lists an approval date of 1984, but no General Assembly meeting was held in that year, and no record of its approval can be found in the [/IAU%20Transactions IAU Transactions].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Apollo Image Archive Image of the Week
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