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'''Left:''' Wide Angle Camera (WAC M11966881ME) view from the ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LRO]'' team at NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. <br /> '''Right:''' Image by ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-980 Cristina Cellini]''<br /> <div id="toc">
 
'''Left:''' Wide Angle Camera (WAC M11966881ME) view from the ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LRO]'' team at NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. <br /> '''Right:''' Image by ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-980 Cristina Cellini]''<br /> <div id="toc">
=Table of Contents=
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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Bürg Bürg]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-LRO Articles LRO Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Lunar 100 Lunar 100]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Bürg-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=burg LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?burg%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=burg LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?burg%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' BURG.--A noteworthy formation, 28 miles in diameter, on the Mare, N. of [[Plana|Plana]]. The floor is concave, and includes a very large bright mountain, which occupies a great portion of it. The interior slopes are prominently terraced, and there are several spurs associated with the <u>glacis</u> on the S. and N.W. A distinct cleft runs from the N. side of the formation to the S.W. border of the [[Lacus%20Somniorum|Lacus Somniorum]], which is crossed by another winding cleft running from a crater W. of [[Plana|Plana]] towards the N.W.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BURG.--A noteworthy formation, 28 miles in diameter, on the Mare, N. of [[Plana|Plana]]. The floor is concave, and includes a very large bright mountain, which occupies a great portion of it. The interior slopes are prominently terraced, and there are several spurs associated with the <u>glacis</u> on the S. and N.W. A distinct cleft runs from the N. side of the formation to the S.W. border of the [[Lacus%20Somniorum|Lacus Somniorum]], which is crossed by another winding cleft running from a crater W. of [[Plana|Plana]] towards the N.W.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_%28crater%29 Bürg]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_%28crater%29 Bürg]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Pike, 1976: 3.07 km
 
** Pike, 1976: 3.07 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 3.07 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 3.07 km
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* Central peak height
 
* Central peak height
 
** [[Boint%2C%202001|Boint, 2001]]: (at Xi 0.334, Eta 0.708) 1600 m + or - 200 m
 
** [[Boint%2C%202001|Boint, 2001]]: (at Xi 0.334, Eta 0.708) 1600 m + or - 200 m
** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.2 km <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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** [[Sekiguchi%2C%201972|Sekiguchi, 1972]]: 1.2 km <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
 
* [[Central%20peak%20composition|Central peak composition]]: GNTA2 & AN ([[Tompkins%20%26%20Pieters%2C%201999|Tompkins & Pieters, 1999]])
 
* [[Central%20peak%20composition|Central peak composition]]: GNTA2 & AN ([[Tompkins%20%26%20Pieters%2C%201999|Tompkins & Pieters, 1999]])
 
* Included in [[ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters|ALPO list of bright ray craters]]
 
* Included in [[ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters|ALPO list of bright ray craters]]
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  Drawing and text by Alika Herring. ''S&T'' April 1960, p. 357.<br />  Harold Hill. [[A%20Portfolio%20of%20Lunar%20Drawings|A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings]], pages 18, 19 (see also: [[Lacus%20Mortis|Lacus Mortis]]).<br /> <br />
 
  Drawing and text by Alika Herring. ''S&T'' April 1960, p. 357.<br />  Harold Hill. [[A%20Portfolio%20of%20Lunar%20Drawings|A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings]], pages 18, 19 (see also: [[Lacus%20Mortis|Lacus Mortis]]).<br /> <br />
 
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Latest revision as of 21:04, 16 April 2018

Bürg

Lat: 45.0°N, Long: 28.2°E, Diam: 39 km, Depth: 3.07 km, Rükl: 14, Copernican

burg.jpg

external image normal_burg_20061011_0500_cell.jpg

Left: Wide Angle Camera (WAC M11966881ME) view from the LRO team at NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.
Right: Image by Cristina Cellini

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

LAC map Geologic map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) BURG.--A noteworthy formation, 28 miles in diameter, on the Mare, N. of Plana. The floor is concave, and includes a very large bright mountain, which occupies a great portion of it. The interior slopes are prominently terraced, and there are several spurs associated with the glacis on the S. and N.W. A distinct cleft runs from the N. side of the formation to the S.W. border of the Lacus Somniorum, which is crossed by another winding cleft running from a crater W. of Plana towards the N.W.

Description: Wikipedia

Bürg

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Johann Tobias Bürg (December 24, 1766—November 15, 1835), an Austrian astronomer. He published some astronomical tables on the Moon that were praised for their accuracy. For these astronomical tables, Bürg was made a member of the French Academie des Sciences.
  • According to Whitaker (p. 219), this name was introduced by Mädler.


LRO Articles


LPOD Articles

Hiding a Mouse.
A Stained Death
Lake of Death

Lunar 100

L34: Strange crater with rille & fault.

Bibliography

Drawing and text by Alika Herring. S&T April 1960, p. 357.
Harold Hill. A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings, pages 18, 19 (see also: Lacus Mortis).