Kane
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Kane
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Lat: 63.1°N, Long: 26.1°E, Diam: 54 km, Depth: 0.57 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%205 Rükl: 5], [/Stratigraphy pre-Nectarian?] |
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[#Kane Kane]
[#Kane-Images Images]
[#Kane-Maps Maps]
[#Kane-Description Description]
[#Kane-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Kane-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Kane-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Kane-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Kane-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-092H Kane is in the center. The 26-km crater partially visible directly above it at the top margin is [/Moigno Moigno] B. The crater outside the east rim of Kane is unnamed.Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 13B1) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Pike, 1976: 0.57 km
- Westfall, 2000: 0.57 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.31 km
- Satellite crater Kane F is on the [/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters].
Nomenclature
- Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857).
- According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 224), this name was originally proposed by [/Schmidt Schmidt].
- The incomplete formation southeast of Kane (between Kane and Gartner) was called Danjon by Felix Chemla Lamech. The official name Danjon went to a crater on the moon's farside (I.A.U.).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
- Lamech's "Danjon" between Kane and Gartner: NAMED LUNAR FORMATIONS, by Mary Blagg.
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