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| − | Lat: 13.2°N, Long: 72.5°W, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.44 km, [ | + | Lat: 13.2°N, Long: 72.5°W, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.44 km, [[R%C3%BCkl%2028|Rükl: 28]], [[Stratigraphy|Upper Imbrian]]<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1694&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Cardanus_iv_169_h2_crop.jpg|external image normal_Cardanus_iv_169_h2_crop.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1694 Lunar Orbiter IV 169-H2]''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Cardanus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Cardanus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond07_A.jpg Zond 7] ('''Cardanus''' and environs, evening light).<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Cardanus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Cardanus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond07_A.jpg Zond 7] ('''Cardanus''' and environs, evening light).<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 55B2)'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_55.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Description: Elger== | ==Description: Elger== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CARDANUS.--A fine regular ring-plain, about 32 miles in diameter, near the limb N. of [[Olbers|Olbers]]. Its bright walls, rising about 4,000 feet above the light grey floor, are clearly terraced, and exhibit, especially on the S.W., several spurs and buttresses. There is a fine valley on the outer E. slope, a large bright crater on the Mare just beyond its foot, and a conspicuous mountain in the same position farther north. I have not succeeded in seeing the faint central hill nor the crater N. of it shown by Schmidt, but there is a brilliant white circular spot on the floor at the inner foot of the N.W. wall which he does not show.<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardanus_(crater) Cardanus]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardanus_(crater) Cardanus]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [ | + | * Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] |
** Westfall, 2000: 3.44 km | ** Westfall, 2000: 3.44 km | ||
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km | ||
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.01 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 2.01 km | ||
| − | * Westfall's estimate of the depth is confirmed by measurements of the length of the shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4169 LO-IV-169H], which give results of 3200-3600 m (the shorter shadows reaching barely to the floor). The central peak is about 680 m tall. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * Westfall's estimate of the depth is confirmed by measurements of the length of the shadows in [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?4169 LO-IV-169H], which give results of 3200-3600 m (the shorter shadows reaching barely to the floor). The central peak is about 680 m tall. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
| − | * TSI = 35, CPI = 10, FI = 25; MI =60 [ | + | * TSI = 35, CPI = 10, FI = 25; MI =60 [[Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973|Smith and Sanchez, 1973]] |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
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A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 80, 81.<br /> <br /> | A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 80, 81.<br /> <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:43, 16 April 2018
Contents
Cardanus
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Lat: 13.2°N, Long: 72.5°W, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.44 km, Rükl: 28, Upper Imbrian |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Zond 7 (Cardanus and environs, evening light).
Maps
(LAC zone 55B2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) CARDANUS.--A fine regular ring-plain, about 32 miles in diameter, near the limb N. of Olbers. Its bright walls, rising about 4,000 feet above the light grey floor, are clearly terraced, and exhibit, especially on the S.W., several spurs and buttresses. There is a fine valley on the outer E. slope, a large bright crater on the Mare just beyond its foot, and a conspicuous mountain in the same position farther north. I have not succeeded in seeing the faint central hill nor the crater N. of it shown by Schmidt, but there is a brilliant white circular spot on the floor at the inner foot of the N.W. wall which he does not show.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 3.44 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.01 km
- Westfall's estimate of the depth is confirmed by measurements of the length of the shadows in LO-IV-169H, which give results of 3200-3600 m (the shorter shadows reaching barely to the floor). The central peak is about 680 m tall. - Jim Mosher
- TSI = 35, CPI = 10, FI = 25; MI =60 Smith and Sanchez, 1973
Nomenclature
Gerolamo Cardano (Cardanus) (September 24, 1501 - September 21, 1576) was a celebrated Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler. Today, he is best known for his achievements in algebra. He published the solutions to the cubic and quartic equations in his 1545 book Ars magna.
LPOD Articles
Astrophysicists Graveyard. Procellarum Twins
Bibliography
A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 80, 81.
