Ryder

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Ryder

Lat: 44.57°S, Long: 143.7°E, Diam: 16.71 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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Left: LROC WAC image No. M118918622ME. Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
Middle: Kaguya High Definition TV image from JAXA/NHK - courtesy of Motomaro Shirao, Japan.
Right: LROC NAC M113012783LE view. Note: Clicking on the file name will lead to the LROC data-list where it resides for full download, however, clicking on the image will give a smaller (~ 369 Kb), mirror-reversed, version of the layered features perceptible in the Kaguya image).

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
The high-albedo crater Ryder was captured on Lunar Orbiter 3's Frame 121 med. Ryder is visible as a bright crater near the terminator, at the upper part of the frame. Note the high-albedo ejectablanket around it, and the possible central peak!
Research: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 118C4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Wikipedia

Ryder

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Graham; United Kingdom-born, American geologist (1949-2002).

LPOD Articles

A Newly Named Crater
Ryder's Layers (Kaguya's oblique close-up look at Ryder).

LROC Articles

Ryder Spectacular!

Bibliography




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