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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Balmer-Kapteyn LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Balmer%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Balmer Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Balmer-Kapteyn LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Balmer%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Balmer Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
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==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 81D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac98/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I794/ Geologic map] [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_81.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 81D4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac98/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I794/ Geologic map] [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_81.pdf USGS Digital Atlas PDF]<br /> <br />  
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  (description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/Lunar%20Basins.htm Impact Basin Database])<br />  
 
  (description of terms and most numeric basin data from Wood, C.A. (2004) [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/Lunar%20Basins.htm Impact Basin Database])<br />  
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==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 [/Balmer Balmer] and [/Kapteyn Kapteyn].<br /> <br />  
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  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 [[Balmer|Balmer]] and [[Kapteyn|Kapteyn]].<br /> <br />  
 
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Revision as of 15:40, 15 April 2018

Balmer-Kapteyn Basin

(unofficial name)

Lat: 15°S, Long: 70°E, Main ring diameter: 500 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 49&Rükl: 60

external image normal_Balmer-Kapteyn_Basin_LIDAR_LTVT.JPG

external image normal_Balmer-Kapteyn.jpg

Left:Clementine LIDAR data: altitude-coded shaded relief map
Right: Annotated Clementine view of region using the LTVT software.

Table of Contents

[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin Balmer-Kapteyn Basin]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Images Images]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Maps Maps]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Description Description]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Balmer-Kapteyn Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]




Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 81D4) LAC map Geologic map 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
2
260, 500, 750, 1000 km
600m
No; -4 mG gravity anomaly


Description


Additional Information

  • Discovered by Maxwell & Andre (1981)


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 Balmer and Kapteyn.

LPOD Articles


Bibliography




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