Condorcet

Condorcet

Lat: 12.1°N, Long: 69.6°E, Diam: 74 km, Depth: 2.65 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2038 Rükl: 38]

Table of Contents

[#Condorcet Condorcet]

[#Condorcet-Images Images]

[#Condorcet-Maps Maps]

[#Condorcet-Description Description]

[#Condorcet-Description: Elger Description: Elger]

[#Condorcet-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]

[#Condorcet-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Condorcet-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Condorcet-Nic Parthenius? Nic Parthenius?]

[#Condorcet-North Valley North Valley]

[#Condorcet-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Condorcet-Bibliography Bibliography]

Consolidated Lunar Atlas plate D2 The labeled features in this rectified version of the [/Consolidated%20Lunar%20Atlas Consolidated Lunar Atlas] plate are [/Condorcet Condorcet], [/Promontorium%20Agarum Promontorium Agarum], [/Alhazen Alhazen] and [/Hansen Hansen]. Also visible, but not labeled, are [/Dorsa%20Harker Dorsa Harker] (to the west of Pr. Agarum); [/Mons%20Usov Mons Usov]; [/Auzout Auzout], [/van%20Albada van Albada] and [/Krogh Krogh]; the northeast part of [/Firmicus Firmicus] (in the lower left corner), and the northern part of [/Mare%20Undarum Mare Undarum] (along most of the lower margin).

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 62B2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map

Description

Description: Elger

([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) CONDORCET.--A very prominent ring-plain, 45 miles in diameter, situated on the mountainous S.E. margin of the [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium]. It is encircled by a lofty wall about 8,000 feet in height. The dark interior of this and of the three preceding formations render them easily traceable under a high angle of illumination.

Description: Wikipedia

Condorcet

Additional Information

• Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
  Westfall, 2000: 2.65 km
  Cherrington, 1969: 3.07 km
• Satellite crater Condorcet T is on the [/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters].
• Condorcet T and adjacent Condorcet TA were captured on Apollo 16's panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS16-P-9182 (scroll rightward until you see a couple of bright craters with dark streaks on their inner slopes)(the one with the "central peak" on its floor is Condorcet T, the other one with the long dark streak is Condorcet TA).- DannyCaes DannyCaes May 7, 2011
• Condorcet T is also a thermal anomaly crater, implying a youthful age - [/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]

Nomenclature

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (September 17, 1743 – March 28, 1794) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist.
 
 

Nic Parthenius?

The crater now known as Condorcet could have been Melchior a Briga's Nic Parthenius (see the location of the capital omega (Nic Parthenius) on Melchior a Briga's map of 1747; pages 90-91 in E.A.Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon). - DannyCaes DannyCaes Feb 20, 2016
 
 

North Valley

• Southeast of Mare Crisium (near Condorcet, Auzout, Firmicus, and Apollonius) runs the unofficially named North Valley/ Vallis North; or Vermiform Valley. These unofficial names are included in the Hitchhiker's Guide to Rukl 38.

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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