Nicolai
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Nicolai
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Lat: 42.4°S, Long: 25.9°E, Diam: 42 km, Depth: 2.42 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2067 Rükl: 67] |
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[#Nicolai Nicolai]
[#Nicolai-Images Images]
[#Nicolai-Maps Maps]
[#Nicolai-Description Description]
[#Nicolai-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Nicolai-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Nicolai-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Nicolai-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Nicolai-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Nicolai-Bibliography Bibliography]
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Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 113C1) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) NICOLAI.--A tolerably regular ring-plain, 18 miles in diameter, S. of [/Riccius Riccius], with a border, rising more than 6,000 feet above a level floor, on the N. side of which Schmidt shows a minute crater. The bright plain surrounding this formation abounds in small craters; and on the E. is a number of curious enclosures, many of them overlapping.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 2.42 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.8 km
- Satellite craters Nicolai E and G are on the [/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters].
Nomenclature
Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried; German astronomer (1793-1846).
- According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 219), this name was introduced by [/M%C3%A4dler Mädler].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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