Archytas
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Archytas
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Lat: 58.7°N, Long: 5.0°E, Diam: 31 km, Depth: 2.94 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%204 Rükl: 4], [/Stratigraphy Eratosthenian,] |
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LO-IV-116-h1
Images
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Archytas G, the first item in C.A.Wood's list of Concentric Craters (1978) is noticeable near the centre of Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph LOIV-116-h1.
Research: Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 12B3) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) ARCHYTAS.--A bright ring-plain, 21 miles in diameter, on the edge of the [/Mare%20Frigoris Mare Frigoris], due N. of the [/Alpine%20Valley Alpine Valley], with regular walls rising about 5,000 feet above the interior on the N.E., and about 4,000 feet on the opposite side. It has a very bright central mountain. Several spurs radiate from the wall on the S., and a wide valley, flanked by lofty heights, forming the S.E. boundary of [/W.%20Bond W.C. Bond], originates on the N side. There is also a crater-rill running towards the N.E. On the Mare, S.E. of Archytas, is a somewhat smaller ring-plain, Archytas A (called by Schmidt, PROTAGORAS), with lofty walls and a central hill.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Westfall, 2000: 2.94 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.35 km
- Central peak height
- [/Wood%2C%201971 Wood, 1971]: 0.68 km - tychocrater tychocrater Mar 17, 2008
- [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: 0.6 km - fatastronomer fatastronomer
- Archytas G is a [/concentric%20crater concentric crater].
- TSI = 25, CPI = 20, FI = 20; MI =65 [/Smith%20and%20Sanchez%2C%201973 Smith and Sanchez, 1973]
Nomenclature
Archytas (428 BC – 347 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist.
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