Capella
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Capella
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Lat: 7.5°S, Long: 35.0°E, Diam: 49 km, Depth: 3.5 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2047 Rükl 47] |
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LOIV-072-H3 [/Isidorus Isidorus] is on the left, Capella is on the right.
Images
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- A series of orbital southward looking oblique photographs (of the region at Capella and Rimae Gutenberg, during local sunrise) was made during the mission of Apollo 8. David Woods and Frank O'Brien (Apollo 8 Flight Journal) created an interesting mosaic of these Apollo 8 photographs: AS8-13-2228 to 2237. The caption "Montes Pyrenaeus" is an error, because those mountains are located to the southeast of the depicted region, and out of view.- DannyCaes DannyCaes May 16, 2010
Maps
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Description
Description: Elger
([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) CAPELLA.--Forms with [/Isidorus Isodorus], its companion on the W. (which it partially overlaps), a very noteworthy object. It is about 30 miles in diameter, with finely terraced walls, broken on the S.E. by broad intrusive rill-valleys. The rampart on the N.W. is also cut through by a magnificent valley, which extends for many miles beyond the limits of the formation. There is a fine central mountain, on which M. Gaudibert discovered a crater, the existence of which has been subsequently verified by Professor Weinek on a Lick observatory negative.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Pike, 1976: 3.5 km
- Westfall, 2000: 3.5 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 3.25 km
- Satellite craters Capella A, D, E, G and J are on the [/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters].
- Capella A is a thermal anomaly crater, implying a youthful age - [/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
Nomenclature
- Named for Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (c. A.D. 400-unkn), a Roman astronomer and pagan writer of Late Antiquity.
- Capella is Catalog number 4275 in the [/Collated%20List Collated List] and [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations]. The name is attributed to Riccioli.
- The original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller] included [/Capella%20rilles three rilles] named after Capella.
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Bibliography
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