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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2636 LO-IV-183H]''<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2636 LO-IV-183H]''<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dechen LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dechen%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dechen Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Dechen LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Dechen%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Dechen Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dechen_(crater) Dechen]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dechen_(crater) Dechen]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Westfall, 2000: 2.29 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 2.29 km
 
* From the shadows in LO-IV-183H, '''Dechen''' is 2300-2500 m deep. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>
 
* From the shadows in LO-IV-183H, '''Dechen''' is 2300-2500 m deep. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>

Latest revision as of 02:46, 16 April 2018

Dechen

Lat: 46.1°N, Long: 68.2°W, Diam: 12 km, Depth: 2.29 km, Rükl: 8

external image normal_Dechen_LO-IV-183H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-183H

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 22B1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Dechen

Additional Information

  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    • Westfall, 2000: 2.29 km
  • From the shadows in LO-IV-183H, Dechen is 2300-2500 m deep. - Jim Mosher
  • Dechen's peculiar appearance when the morning terminator runs over it (looking like some sort of "flat dish"), was photographed by the dedicated lunar observer Stefan Lammel. - DannyCaes Dec 8, 2007
  • TSI = 5, CPI = 5, FI = 5; MI =15 Smith and Sanchez, 1973


Nomenclature

  • Ernst Heinrich Karl von; German geologist, mineralogist (1800-1889).
  • According to Whitaker (p. 224), this name was introduced by Schmidt.


LPOD Articles

Sheet 8

LROC Articles

Small crater in Oceanus Procellarum (northeast of Dechen D).

Bibliography