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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions) Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Anguis Mare Anguis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Australe (southern farside region) Mare Australe (southern farside region)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Cognitum Mare Cognitum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Crisium Mare Crisium]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Fecunditatis Mare Fecunditatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Frigoris Mare Frigoris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb) Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Humorum Mare Humorum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Ingenii (farside region) Mare Ingenii (farside region)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Insularum Mare Insularum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb) Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Moscoviense (farside region) Mare Moscoviense (farside region)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Nectaris Mare Nectaris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Nubium Mare Nubium]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Orientale (on the western limb) Mare Orientale (on the western limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb) Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Spumans Mare Spumans]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Undarum Mare Undarum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Vaporum Mare Vaporum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Oceanus Procellarum Oceanus Procellarum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Aestuum Sinus Aestuum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Amoris Sinus Amoris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Asperitatis Sinus Asperitatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Concordiae Sinus Concordiae]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Fidei Sinus Fidei]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Honoris Sinus Honoris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Iridum Sinus Iridum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Lunicus Sinus Lunicus]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Medii Sinus Medii]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Roris Sinus Roris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Successus Sinus Successus]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div></div> | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions) Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Anguis Mare Anguis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Australe (southern farside region) Mare Australe (southern farside region)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Cognitum Mare Cognitum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Crisium Mare Crisium]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Fecunditatis Mare Fecunditatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Frigoris Mare Frigoris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb) Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Humorum Mare Humorum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Ingenii (farside region) Mare Ingenii (farside region)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Insularum Mare Insularum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb) Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Moscoviense (farside region) Mare Moscoviense (farside region)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Nectaris Mare Nectaris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Nubium Mare Nubium]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Orientale (on the western limb) Mare Orientale (on the western limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb) Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Spumans Mare Spumans]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Undarum Mare Undarum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Vaporum Mare Vaporum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Oceanus Procellarum Oceanus Procellarum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Aestuum Sinus Aestuum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Amoris Sinus Amoris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Asperitatis Sinus Asperitatis]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Concordiae Sinus Concordiae]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Fidei Sinus Fidei]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Honoris Sinus Honoris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Iridum Sinus Iridum]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Lunicus Sinus Lunicus]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Medii Sinus Medii]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Roris Sinus Roris]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Successus Sinus Successus]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div></div> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Ghost craters are almost invisible remains of common craters, they are only detectable when sunlight is shining very low above the local horizon (morning or evening terminator). Some ghost craters show a curious ''radio dish'' like appearance with perfectly circle shaped and sharp looking rim. Sometimes this rim looks sort of double. For this kind of rare ''dish'' like (or shallow bowl shaped) ghost craters see the page [http://the-moon. | + | Ghost craters are almost invisible remains of common craters, they are only detectable when sunlight is shining very low above the local horizon (morning or evening terminator). Some ghost craters show a curious ''radio dish'' like appearance with perfectly circle shaped and sharp looking rim. Sometimes this rim looks sort of double. For this kind of rare ''dish'' like (or shallow bowl shaped) ghost craters see the page [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Shallow%20bowl%20shaped%20craters Shallow bowl shaped craters].<br /> <br /> (re-arrangements of this page started on Saturday the 25th of November 2017)<br /> <br /> |
===Mare Anguis=== | ===Mare Anguis=== | ||
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===Mare Fecunditatis=== | ===Mare Fecunditatis=== | ||
| − | * '''Mare Fecunditatis''' is a well-known region of ghost-craters, see [http://the-moon. | + | * '''Mare Fecunditatis''' is a well-known region of ghost-craters, see [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2048 Rukl: 48]. |
* Possible ghost crater near '''Secchi X''' (aka NASA's '''''Lost Crater'''''), see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/September%2020%2C%202009 Little Treats]. | * Possible ghost crater near '''Secchi X''' (aka NASA's '''''Lost Crater'''''), see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/September%2020%2C%202009 Little Treats]. | ||
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===Mare Imbrium=== | ===Mare Imbrium=== | ||
| − | * Unnamed ghost crater immediately north of [http://the-moon. | + | * Unnamed ghost crater immediately north of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Aristillus Aristillus]. |
* '''''Boat''''', west of '''Montes Recti''', see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/August%2016%2C%202012 A Boat upon the Sea, 16-8-2012]. | * '''''Boat''''', west of '''Montes Recti''', see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/August%2016%2C%202012 A Boat upon the Sea, 16-8-2012]. | ||
| − | * '''Lambert R''', south of [http://the-moon. | + | * '''Lambert R''', south of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lambert Lambert]. |
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===Mare Ingenii (farside region)=== | ===Mare Ingenii (farside region)=== | ||
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===Mare Serenitatis=== | ===Mare Serenitatis=== | ||
| − | * [http://the-moon. | + | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Abetti Abetti], immediately west of '''Mons Argaeus'''. |
| − | * [http://the-moon. | + | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Finsch Finsch], south of the pronounced bowl-shaped crater '''Sarabhai''' ('''Bessel A'''). |
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===Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)=== | ===Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)=== | ||
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===Mare Tranquillitatis=== | ===Mare Tranquillitatis=== | ||
| − | * [http://the-moon. | + | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lamont Lamont], which is an oval-shaped system of wrinkle ridges. |
* [http://bit.ly/2th1ahO Ghost] within a ghost – an unusual ~3.5 km-sized ghost-rimmed crater appearing within the already-recognised ghost crater of [/Lamont Lamont]. <u>Note</u>, the arrows show [/Irregular%20Mare%20Patches%20%28IMPs%29 Irregular Mare Patches (IMPs)] - associated to that of IMP #55. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 [[Image:JohnMoore2-lg.jpg|16px|JohnMoore2]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2]</span> (see high-resolution photograph below in section IMAGES). | * [http://bit.ly/2th1ahO Ghost] within a ghost – an unusual ~3.5 km-sized ghost-rimmed crater appearing within the already-recognised ghost crater of [/Lamont Lamont]. <u>Note</u>, the arrows show [/Irregular%20Mare%20Patches%20%28IMPs%29 Irregular Mare Patches (IMPs)] - associated to that of IMP #55. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 [[Image:JohnMoore2-lg.jpg|16px|JohnMoore2]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2]</span> (see high-resolution photograph below in section IMAGES). | ||
* There's a very difficult to detect ghost-crater immediately north-northwest of the bowl-shaped crater '''Arago B'''. This ghost-crater is a little bit larger than '''Arago B''' itself. There's also a small shallow rimless crater just north-northeast of '''Arago B'''. | * There's a very difficult to detect ghost-crater immediately north-northwest of the bowl-shaped crater '''Arago B'''. This ghost-crater is a little bit larger than '''Arago B''' itself. There's also a small shallow rimless crater just north-northeast of '''Arago B'''. | ||
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===Oceanus Procellarum=== | ===Oceanus Procellarum=== | ||
| − | * Unnamed ghost crater at 32°15' North/ 43° West (west-southwest of [http://the-moon. | + | * Unnamed ghost crater at 32°15' North/ 43° West (west-southwest of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gruithuisen Gruithuisen] and north-northwest of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Angstr%C3%B6m Angstrom], see LPOD [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/December%203%2C%202009 Volcanic Hinterland]). |
| − | * Small ghost crater almost touching [http://the-moon. | + | * Small ghost crater almost touching [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Angstr%C3%B6m Angstrom] (called "'''''Cheerio crater'''''" by Charles Wood). |
| − | * Unnamed ghost crater immediately northwest of [http://the-moon. | + | * Unnamed ghost crater immediately northwest of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lichtenberg Lichtenberg] (touching the northwestern part of '''Lichtenberg''''s rim). |
* Small ghost crater between '''Lichtenberg A''' and '''Lichtenberg AA''' (both bowl-shaped craters are located east-southeast of '''Lichtenberg''' itself). This small ghost crater was formerly known as '''''Golgi's ghost''''' because it is located northwest of '''Golgi''' ('''Schiaparelli D'''). <u>Note</u>: the name '''Lichtenberg AA''' is not mentioned on the LROC's ''Act-React Quick Map'' (to see this name, take a look at the chart at top of page 6 in the ''Times Atlas of the Moon''). | * Small ghost crater between '''Lichtenberg A''' and '''Lichtenberg AA''' (both bowl-shaped craters are located east-southeast of '''Lichtenberg''' itself). This small ghost crater was formerly known as '''''Golgi's ghost''''' because it is located northwest of '''Golgi''' ('''Schiaparelli D'''). <u>Note</u>: the name '''Lichtenberg AA''' is not mentioned on the LROC's ''Act-React Quick Map'' (to see this name, take a look at the chart at top of page 6 in the ''Times Atlas of the Moon''). | ||
* Small unnamed ghost crater immediately south-southeast of '''Euclides F''', visible on the Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4137_h3.jpg LOIV-137-h3] (near the frame's right margin), see also http://bit.ly/2D4rJva | * Small unnamed ghost crater immediately south-southeast of '''Euclides F''', visible on the Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/4137_h3.jpg LOIV-137-h3] (near the frame's right margin), see also http://bit.ly/2D4rJva | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 11 April 2018
Contents
[hide]- 1 Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)
- 2 Table of Contents
- 2.1 Description
- 2.1.1 Mare Anguis
- 2.1.2 Mare Australe (southern farside region)
- 2.1.3 Mare Cognitum
- 2.1.4 Mare Crisium
- 2.1.5 Mare Fecunditatis
- 2.1.6 Mare Frigoris
- 2.1.7 Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb)
- 2.1.8 Mare Humorum
- 2.1.9 Mare Imbrium
- 2.1.10 Mare Ingenii (farside region)
- 2.1.11 Mare Insularum
- 2.1.12 Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb)
- 2.1.13 Mare Moscoviense (farside region)
- 2.1.14 Mare Nectaris
- 2.1.15 Mare Nubium
- 2.1.16 Mare Orientale (on the western limb)
- 2.1.17 Mare Serenitatis
- 2.1.18 Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)
- 2.1.19 Mare Spumans
- 2.1.20 Mare Tranquillitatis
- 2.1.21 Mare Undarum
- 2.1.22 Mare Vaporum
- 2.1.23 Oceanus Procellarum
- 2.1.24 Sinus Aestuum
- 2.1.25 Sinus Amoris
- 2.1.26 Sinus Asperitatis
- 2.1.27 Sinus Concordiae
- 2.1.28 Sinus Fidei
- 2.1.29 Sinus Honoris
- 2.1.30 Sinus Iridum
- 2.1.31 Sinus Lunicus
- 2.1.32 Sinus Medii
- 2.1.33 Sinus Roris
- 2.1.34 Sinus Successus
- 2.2 Images
- 2.3 LPOD Articles
- 2.4 LROC Articles
- 2.5 Wikipedia
- 2.1 Description
Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)
Table of Contents
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions) Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description Description]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Anguis Mare Anguis]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Australe (southern farside region) Mare Australe (southern farside region)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Cognitum Mare Cognitum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Crisium Mare Crisium]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Fecunditatis Mare Fecunditatis]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Frigoris Mare Frigoris]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb) Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Humorum Mare Humorum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Ingenii (farside region) Mare Ingenii (farside region)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Insularum Mare Insularum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb) Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Moscoviense (farside region) Mare Moscoviense (farside region)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Nectaris Mare Nectaris]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Nubium Mare Nubium]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Orientale (on the western limb) Mare Orientale (on the western limb)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb) Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Spumans Mare Spumans]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Undarum Mare Undarum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Mare Vaporum Mare Vaporum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Oceanus Procellarum Oceanus Procellarum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Aestuum Sinus Aestuum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Amoris Sinus Amoris]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Asperitatis Sinus Asperitatis]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Concordiae Sinus Concordiae]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Fidei Sinus Fidei]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Honoris Sinus Honoris]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Iridum Sinus Iridum]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Lunicus Sinus Lunicus]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Medii Sinus Medii]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Roris Sinus Roris]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Description-Sinus Successus Sinus Successus]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Images Images]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Ghost craters (in low-albedo Mare regions)-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
Description
Ghost craters are almost invisible remains of common craters, they are only detectable when sunlight is shining very low above the local horizon (morning or evening terminator). Some ghost craters show a curious radio dish like appearance with perfectly circle shaped and sharp looking rim. Sometimes this rim looks sort of double. For this kind of rare dish like (or shallow bowl shaped) ghost craters see the page Shallow bowl shaped craters.
(re-arrangements of this page started on Saturday the 25th of November 2017)
Mare Anguis
Mare Australe (southern farside region)
- The chance of detecting ghost-craters in this region is small (Mare Australe is composed of common craters with small Mare regions in them).
Mare Cognitum
Mare Crisium
- Ghost crater composed of wrinkle ridges, near Dorsum Termier, slightly north of Mare Crisium's southern rim, see: http://bit.ly/2A59SSH
Mare Fecunditatis
- Mare Fecunditatis is a well-known region of ghost-craters, see Rukl: 48.
- Possible ghost crater near Secchi X (aka NASA's Lost Crater), see LPOD Little Treats.
Mare Frigoris
Mare Humboldtianum (on the northeastern limb)
Mare Humorum
Mare Imbrium
- Unnamed ghost crater immediately north of Aristillus.
- Boat, west of Montes Recti, see LPOD A Boat upon the Sea, 16-8-2012.
- Lambert R, south of Lambert.
Mare Ingenii (farside region)
Mare Insularum
Mare Marginis (on the eastern limb)
Mare Moscoviense (farside region)
Mare Nectaris
- Ghost crater north-northeast of Rosse. http://bit.ly/2Cx5ei3
- Gaudibert H. http://bit.ly/2m2zeIp
Mare Nubium
- Lippershey's ghost (the ghost-crater northeast of Lippershey). http://bit.ly/2hSQ36S
- Two ghost craters east-northeast of Wolf F. http://bit.ly/2A7aHL0
Mare Orientale (on the western limb)
Mare Serenitatis
- Abetti, immediately west of Mons Argaeus.
- Finsch, south of the pronounced bowl-shaped crater Sarabhai (Bessel A).
Mare Smythii (on the eastern limb)
Mare Spumans
Mare Tranquillitatis
- Lamont, which is an oval-shaped system of wrinkle ridges.
- Ghost within a ghost – an unusual ~3.5 km-sized ghost-rimmed crater appearing within the already-recognised ghost crater of [/Lamont Lamont]. Note, the arrows show [/Irregular%20Mare%20Patches%20%28IMPs%29 Irregular Mare Patches (IMPs)] - associated to that of IMP #55. - JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2 (see high-resolution photograph below in section IMAGES).
- There's a very difficult to detect ghost-crater immediately north-northwest of the bowl-shaped crater Arago B. This ghost-crater is a little bit larger than Arago B itself. There's also a small shallow rimless crater just north-northeast of Arago B.
- Jansen R.
- Jansen R's small companion (a nickname from D.Caes for the officially unnamed ghost-crater southeast of the much larger ghost-crater Jansen R), see http://bit.ly/2wtwbzB
- Plinius B (together with Jansen R's small companion these are members of some sort of subdivision of the category Ghost Craters).
- Near Dorsa Barlow, see AS8-13-2347.
Mare Undarum
Mare Vaporum
Oceanus Procellarum
- Unnamed ghost crater at 32°15' North/ 43° West (west-southwest of Gruithuisen and north-northwest of Angstrom, see LPOD Volcanic Hinterland).
- Small ghost crater almost touching Angstrom (called "Cheerio crater" by Charles Wood).
- Unnamed ghost crater immediately northwest of Lichtenberg (touching the northwestern part of Lichtenberg's rim).
- Small ghost crater between Lichtenberg A and Lichtenberg AA (both bowl-shaped craters are located east-southeast of Lichtenberg itself). This small ghost crater was formerly known as Golgi's ghost because it is located northwest of Golgi (Schiaparelli D). Note: the name Lichtenberg AA is not mentioned on the LROC's Act-React Quick Map (to see this name, take a look at the chart at top of page 6 in the Times Atlas of the Moon).
- Small unnamed ghost crater immediately south-southeast of Euclides F, visible on the Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph LOIV-137-h3 (near the frame's right margin), see also http://bit.ly/2D4rJva
- Avani's Ghost (or: Avani Soares's Ghost): a possible shallow depression near Wollaston D.
- Unnamed ghost crater at 54° West / 38° North, southeast of Rumker. To see this ghost crater, take a look at the LROC's WAC MOSAIC which shows big shadows. See: http://bit.ly/2zl3uHw
- Very difficult to detect ghost crater east of Dechen B, see: http://bit.ly/2A3Phyb
- Ghost crater north-northeast of Nielsen, with system of two small shallow bowl-shaped craters immediately west-northwest of it.
- There's some sort of "wrinkle ridge ghost crater" in the officially unnamed wrinkle ridge southeast of Seleucus. The pinpoint coordinates of this rare sort of ghost crater are: 17° North / 63°30' West. See LROC close-up: http://bit.ly/2zl6Ie1 (east of Krafft U).
- Very difficult to detect ghost crater east of Galilaei D: http://bit.ly/2ETUqJv
Sinus Aestuum
Sinus Amoris
Sinus Asperitatis
Sinus Concordiae
Sinus Fidei
Sinus Honoris
Sinus Iridum
Sinus Lunicus
Sinus Medii
Sinus Roris
Sinus Successus
Images
- Ghost within a ghost – an unusual ~3.5 km-sized ghost-rimmed crater appearing within the already-recognised ghost crater of [/Lamont Lamont] in Mare Tranquillitatis. Note, the arrows show [/Irregular%20Mare%20Patches%20%28IMPs%29 Irregular Mare Patches (IMPs)] - associated to that of IMP #55. - JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2
LPOD Articles
LROC Articles
Ghost Crater in Southern Mare Crisium
The Ghosts of Mare Fecunditatis
Ghost crater in Mare Imbrium
Wikipedia
Related to ghost craters, see Palimpsest.
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