Sylvester

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Sylvester

Lat: 82.7°N, Long: 79.6°W, Diam: 58 km, Depth: 2.98 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%203 Rükl: 3], [/Stratigraphy Nectarian]

Table of Contents

[#Sylvester Sylvester]
[#Sylvester-Images Images]
[#Sylvester-Maps Maps]
[#Sylvester-Description Description]
[#Sylvester-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Sylvester-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Sylvester-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Sylvester-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Sylvester-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Sylvester_LO-IV-190H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-190H Because of its postion near the Moon's north pole, the sun angle at Sylvester is always low, and most of the crater's floor is usually in shadow.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 1C2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Sylvester

Additional Information

Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
  • Westfall, 2000: 2.98 km
  • Cherrington, 1969: 2.71 km


Nomenclature

  • James Joseph; British mathematician (1814-1897).
  • Name given by Arthur and Whitaker in [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 ([/Whitaker Whitaker], 1999, p. 234).
  • The pronounced valley south of Sylvester and east of Froelich is unofficially called Vallis Sylvester by D. Caes. See LAC 9 in the Clementine Atlas (the upper right corner of LAC 9). Note that this valley is NOT Catena Sylvester!


LROC Articles

Light on the permanently shadowed inner slopes and bulbous floor of Sylvester N (post number 979).

Bibliography




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