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[[Image:Epimenides-iv_136_h2.jpg|external image Epimenides-iv_136_h2.jpg]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-32 Lunar Orbiter IV]''<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Epimenides Epimenides]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Clair-Obscur phenomenon Clair-Obscur phenomenon]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Epimenides-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:Epimenides-iv_136_h2.jpg|external image Epimenides-iv_136_h2.jpg]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-32 Lunar Orbiter IV]''<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Epimenides LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Epimenides%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Epimenides Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Epimenides LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Epimenides%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Epimenides Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides_(crater) Epimenides]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides_(crater) Epimenides]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
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  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
 
* Westfall, 2000: 2.37 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 2.37 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 2 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 2 km
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==Clair-Obscur phenomenon==
 
==Clair-Obscur phenomenon==
  When the morning terminator runs at 24° west, one could observe a curious clair-obscur effect between '''Epimenides''' and '''Lacus Timoris'''.<br />  It (the clair-obscur effect) looks like an equilateral triangle made of three bright starlike dots. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Nov 18, 2007</small></span><br /> <br />  
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  When the morning terminator runs at 24° west, one could observe a curious clair-obscur effect between '''Epimenides''' and '''Lacus Timoris'''.<br />  It (the clair-obscur effect) looks like an equilateral triangle made of three bright starlike dots. <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Nov 18, 2007</small></span><br /> <br />  
 
==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides Epimenides] of Knossos (Crete) was a semi-mythical 6th century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, who is said to have fallen asleep for fifty-seven years in a Cretian cave sacred to Zeus, after which he reportedly awoke with the gift of prophecy.<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides Epimenides] of Knossos (Crete) was a semi-mythical 6th century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, who is said to have fallen asleep for fifty-seven years in a Cretian cave sacred to Zeus, after which he reportedly awoke with the gift of prophecy.<br /> <br />  
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Epimenides

Lat: 40.9°S, Long: 30.2°W, Diam: 27 km, Depth: 2.37 km, Rükl: 63

external image Epimenides-iv_136_h2.jpg
Lunar Orbiter IV

Images

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Maps

(LAC zone 111D2) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Epimenides

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 2.37 km
  • Viscardy, 1985: 2 km


Clair-Obscur phenomenon

When the morning terminator runs at 24° west, one could observe a curious clair-obscur effect between Epimenides and Lacus Timoris.
It (the clair-obscur effect) looks like an equilateral triangle made of three bright starlike dots. - DannyCaes Nov 18, 2007

Nomenclature

Epimenides of Knossos (Crete) was a semi-mythical 6th century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, who is said to have fallen asleep for fifty-seven years in a Cretian cave sacred to Zeus, after which he reportedly awoke with the gift of prophecy.

LPOD Articles


Bibliography