Grissom-White Basin

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Grissom-White Basin

(unofficial name)

Table of Contents

[#Grissom-White Basin Grissom-White Basin]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Images Images]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Maps Maps]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Basin Classification Basin Classification]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Description Description]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Grissom-White Basin-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Grissom-White Basin-Bibliography Bibliography]
Lat: 44°S, Long: 161°W, Main ring diam: 600 km, Depth: km, Rukl: farside

external image normal_Grissom-White_Basin_LIDAR_LTVT.JPG
Clementine, Clementine LIDAR Altimeter texture from PDS Map-a-Planet remapped to north-up aerial view by LTVT. The dot is the center position and the white circle the main ring position from Chuck Wood's Impact Basin Database. Grid spacing = 10 degrees.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images


Maps

(LAC zone 120C3)

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
600 km ?



Description


Additional Information


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 Grissom and White.

LPOD Articles


Bibliography



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