Bürg
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Bürg
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Lat: 45.0°N, Long: 28.2°E, Diam: 39 km, Depth: 3.07 km, Rükl: 14, Copernican | |
Right: Image by Cristina Cellini
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(IAU Directions) BURG.--A noteworthy formation, 28 miles in diameter, on the Mare, N. of Plana. The floor is concave, and includes a very large bright mountain, which occupies a great portion of it. The interior slopes are prominently terraced, and there are several spurs associated with the glacis on the S. and N.W. A distinct cleft runs from the N. side of the formation to the S.W. border of the Lacus Somniorum, which is crossed by another winding cleft running from a crater W. of Plana towards the N.W.
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Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Pike, 1976: 3.07 km
- Westfall, 2000: 3.07 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.2 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 3.65 km
- LAC 26 map gives less accurate depth of 3.2 km
- Central peak height
- Boint, 2001: (at Xi 0.334, Eta 0.708) 1600 m + or - 200 m
- Sekiguchi, 1972: 1.2 km - fatastronomer
- Central peak composition: GNTA2 & AN (Tompkins & Pieters, 1999)
- Included in ALPO list of bright ray craters
- Included in the ALPO list of banded craters
- Less than 90% anorthosite in central peak, and 0.2 to 0.4 Maturity Index (not mature) Ohtake and others, 2009
Nomenclature
- Named for Johann Tobias Bürg (December 24, 1766—November 15, 1835), an Austrian astronomer. He published some astronomical tables on the Moon that were praised for their accuracy. For these astronomical tables, Bürg was made a member of the French Academie des Sciences.
- According to Whitaker (p. 219), this name was introduced by Mädler.
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Bibliography
Drawing and text by Alika Herring. S&T April 1960, p. 357.
Harold Hill. A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings, pages 18, 19 (see also: Lacus Mortis).
