Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin

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Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin

(unofficial name)

Lat: 81°S, Long: 120°E, Main ring diam: 335 km, Depth: km, Rukl: Libration Zone V (HALE)Amundsen-Ganswindt.jpg
Image mosaic from USGS Map-A-Planet

external image normal_Amundsen-Ganswindt_Basin_LIDAR_LTVT.JPG
Clementine LIDAR data: altitude-coded shaded relief map. The large ring overlaying Amundsen-Ganswindt on the northeast is the Schrödinger impact basin.

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Maps

(LAC zone 144A2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Basin Classification

(description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) Impact Basin Database)
Certainty of Existence
USGS Age
Wilhelms Age Group
Ring Diameters
Mare Thickness
Mascon
Probable
Pre-Nectarian
7
175, 335 km



Description


Additional Information

  • Discovered by Baldwin (1969)


Nomenclature

Basins filled with maria are named for the mare, and basins that were previously recognized as craters still bear the crater name. Basins located between craters have the names of the two opposite craters with a hyphen in between, in this case Amundsen and Ganswindt.

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