Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin

Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin

(unofficial name)

Table of Contents

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Images Images]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Maps Maps]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Description Description]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]

Lat: 81°S, Long: 120°E, Main ring diam: 335 km, Depth: km, Rukl: Libration Zone V (HALE) Image mosaic from USGS Map-A-Planet

Clementine LIDAR data: altitude-coded shaded relief map. The large ring overlaying Amundsen-Ganswindt on the northeast is the Schrödinger impact basin.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 144A2) 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
Probable	Pre-Nectarian	7	175, 335 km

Description

Additional Information

• Discovered by Baldwin (1969)

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 Amundsen and Ganswindt.
 
 

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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