Freundlich-Sharanov Basin
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Freundlich-Sharanov Basin
| Lat: 18.5°N, Long: 175°E, Main Diameter: 600 km, Depth: 6 0r 3.57 km, Rukl: (farside) | |
Left: Clementine data: LIDAR Altimeter-coded shaded relief map
Right: LROC WAC image centred on 180 degrees longitude.
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Maps
(LAC zone 50D4) 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 |
| Uncertain |
pre-Nectarian |
8 |
600 km |
1.6 km |
Yes, 19 mG gravity anomaly |
Description
Additional Information
- Mare area of 47,300 km^2 according to measurements by Jim Whitford-Stark.
- Rim height 550 m
- Discovered by Stewart-Alexander (1978)
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 Freundlich and Sharonov.
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