Grissom-White Basin

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

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%20zone LAC zone] 120C3)

[/Lunar%20Basins 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 Grissom] and [/White White].
 
 

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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