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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 101B4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto101b4_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
 
''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 101B4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto101b4_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
'''Diderot''' lies in the 183 km diameter-wide, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/stratigraphy pre-Nectarian] crater (~ 4.6 to 3.92 bn years) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Fermi Fermi]. Unlike similar-sized (20 km) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Babakin Babakin] crater just to its right, '''Diderot's''' worn-looking rim is barely perceptable. Most, if not all, of its north-eastern portion has either collapsed into its floor or has been affected in some way by impact ejecta from mare-filled [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tsiolkovskiy Tsiolkovskiy] nearby -- a 185 km diameter crater of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/stratigraphy Late Imbrium] (3.8 - 3.2 bn years) period and out of picture to the east. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 [[Image:JohnMoore2-lg.jpg|16px|JohnMoore2]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2]</span><br /> <br />  
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'''Diderot''' lies in the 183 km diameter-wide, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/stratigraphy pre-Nectarian] crater (~ 4.6 to 3.92 bn years) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Fermi Fermi]. Unlike similar-sized (20 km) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Babakin Babakin] crater just to its right, '''Diderot's''' worn-looking rim is barely perceptable. Most, if not all, of its north-eastern portion has either collapsed into its floor or has been affected in some way by impact ejecta from mare-filled [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tsiolkovskiy Tsiolkovskiy] nearby -- a 185 km diameter crater of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/stratigraphy Late Imbrium] (3.8 - 3.2 bn years) period and out of picture to the east. <span class="membersnap">- JohnMoore2</span><br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diderot_(crater) Diderot]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diderot_(crater) Diderot]<br /> <br />  

Latest revision as of 21:10, 16 April 2018

Diderot

Lat: 20.4°S, Long: 121.5°E, Diam: 20 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
diderot.jpgbab-did-color.jpg
(Left) Annotated from AS15-M-1035(larger printable version). Note, west is top, north is right in these linked images. (Right) Color-coded LAC 101 from USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Diderot was captured on Apollo 17's orbital panoramic ITEK-camera frames AS17-P-2787 and AS17-P-2794.
Research: Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 101B4) LTO map

Description

Diderot lies in the 183 km diameter-wide, pre-Nectarian crater (~ 4.6 to 3.92 bn years) Fermi. Unlike similar-sized (20 km) Babakin crater just to its right, Diderot's worn-looking rim is barely perceptable. Most, if not all, of its north-eastern portion has either collapsed into its floor or has been affected in some way by impact ejecta from mare-filled Tsiolkovskiy nearby -- a 185 km diameter crater of the Late Imbrium (3.8 - 3.2 bn years) period and out of picture to the east. - JohnMoore2

Description: Wikipedia

Diderot

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Denis; French philosopher (1713-1784).

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