Kane

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Kane

Lat: 63.1°N, Long: 26.1°E, Diam: 54 km, Depth: 0.57 km, Rükl: 5, pre-Nectarian?

Table of Contents

[#Kane Kane]
[#Kane-Images Images]
[#Kane-Maps Maps]
[#Kane-Description Description]
[#Kane-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Kane-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Kane-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Kane-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Kane-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Kane_LO-IV-092H_LTVT.JPGLO-IV-092H Kane is in the center. The 26-km crater partially visible directly above it at the top margin is Moigno B. The crater outside the east rim of Kane is unnamed.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 13B1) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Kane

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Pike, 1976: 0.57 km
  • Westfall, 2000: 0.57 km
  • Cherrington, 1969: 1.31 km


Nomenclature

  • Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857).
  • According to Whitaker (p. 224), this name was originally proposed by Schmidt.
  • The incomplete formation southeast of Kane (between Kane and Gartner) was called Danjon by Felix Chemla Lamech. The official name Danjon went to a crater on the moon's farside (I.A.U.).


LPOD Articles


Bibliography

  • Lamech's "Danjon" between Kane and Gartner: NAMED LUNAR FORMATIONS, by Mary Blagg.



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