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Main

Lat: 80.8°N, Long: 10.1°E, Diam: 46 km, Depth: 1.93 km, Rükl: 4, Nectarian

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Clementine

Images

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Maps

(LAC zone 1D4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) MAIN.--A very similar formation, on the N. of Challis, much too near the limb to be well observed.

Description: Wikipedia

Main

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 1.93 km


Nomenclature

The Reverend Robert Main (July 12, 1808 – May 9, 1878) was a British astronomer. He served for twenty-five years (1835-60) as First Assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and published numerous articles, particularly on stellar and planetary motion, stellar parallax, and the dimensions and shapes of the planets.

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