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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2536 LO-IV-184H]'' Named [[satellite%20feature|satellite features]] along the rim of '''Vega''' are 11-km '''Vega G''' in the upper left, 25-km '''Vega D''' and 21-km '''Vega C''' on the right, and 30-km '''Vega B''' (mostly on the floor of '''Vega''') at the bottom. Deeply shadowed 12-km '''Vega A''' is also visible in the lower right.<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2536 LO-IV-184H]'' Named [[satellite%20feature|satellite features]] along the rim of '''Vega''' are 11-km '''Vega G''' in the upper left, 25-km '''Vega D''' and 21-km '''Vega C''' on the right, and 30-km '''Vega B''' (mostly on the floor of '''Vega''') at the bottom. Deeply shadowed 12-km '''Vega A''' is also visible in the lower right.<br /> <br />  
 
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Vega LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Vega%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vega Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Vega LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Vega%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Vega Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' VEGA.--Schmidt represents this peculiar formation, situated S.W. of [[Oken|Oken]], as having a regular curved unbroken rampart on the W., while the opposite border is occupied by four large partially overlapping ring-plains, two of which contain small craters. The floor is devoid of detail.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' VEGA.--Schmidt represents this peculiar formation, situated S.W. of [[Oken|Oken]], as having a regular curved unbroken rampart on the W., while the opposite border is occupied by four large partially overlapping ring-plains, two of which contain small craters. The floor is devoid of detail.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_(crater) Vega]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_(crater) Vega]<br /> <br />  

Latest revision as of 03:20, 16 April 2018

Vega

Lat: 45.4°S, Long: 63.4°E, Diam: 75 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 68, pre-Nectarian

external image normal_Vega_LO-IV-184H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-184H Named satellite features along the rim of Vega are 11-km Vega G in the upper left, 25-km Vega D and 21-km Vega C on the right, and 30-km Vega B (mostly on the floor of Vega) at the bottom. Deeply shadowed 12-km Vega A is also visible in the lower right.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 115D4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) VEGA.--Schmidt represents this peculiar formation, situated S.W. of Oken, as having a regular curved unbroken rampart on the W., while the opposite border is occupied by four large partially overlapping ring-plains, two of which contain small craters. The floor is devoid of detail.

Description: Wikipedia

Vega

Additional Information

  • The shadows indicate a depth for Vega of about 3100-3400 m. The shadows in Vega B give a depth of 1500-1800 m.


Nomenclature

- Georg Freiherr von; Slovenian-born German mathematician (1754-1802).
- Vega is also the name of the star Alpha Lyrae. See pages 1137 to 1144 in Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Volume 2 (Chamaeleon through Orion).

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