Lacus Hiemalis
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Lacus Hiemalis
(current [/IAU IAU] name; former IAU name: [/Menelaus Menelaus] R)
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Lat: 15.0°N, Long: 14.0°E, Diam: 50 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2023 Rükl 23] |
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Clementine
Lacus Hiemalis (centre) and Daubrée at its northeastern border, an incomplete crater which looks like some sort of "bright broken ring" during high solar illumination.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 9, 2013
Images
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Apollo 17's oblique south-looking Fairchild camera photograph AS17-M-1666 shows Lacus Hiemalis and adjacent Daubrée slightly leftward of the frame's centre.
Research Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 60A1) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Lacus Hiemalis is probably one of the most unknown (or less known) officially named low-albedo regions on the moons surface. Thanks to crater Daubrée at its northeastern border (and the curious "bright broken ring" appearance of it during high solar illumination) this lunar lake is quite easily detectable through all sorts of telescopes.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 9, 2013
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- The [/IAU IAU] name is Latin for "Wintry Lake".
- This name was not part of the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature]. Instead it is one of 120 names appearing on NASA's [/LTO LTO] charts that were approved by the [/IAU IAU] in 1976. It is said there to replace [/Menelaus Menelaus] R, a name that had been added in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters].
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