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| − | Lat: 49.6°N, Long: 27.3°W, Diam: 45 km, Depth: 1.35 km, Rükl: 2, [http://the-moon. | + | Lat: 49.6°N, Long: 27.3°W, Diam: 45 km, Depth: 1.35 km, Rükl: 2, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Stratigraphy Lower Imbrian]<br /> |
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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Maupertuis_LO-IV-145_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Maupertuis_LO-IV-145_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Maupertuis_LO-IV-145_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2551 LO-IV-145]''<br /> <br /> | |
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Maupertuis LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Maupertuis%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Maupertuis LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Maupertuis%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 11C3)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac11/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I604/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Description: Elger== | ==Description: Elger== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' MAUPERTUIS.--A great mountain enclosure of irregular shape, about 20 miles in diameter, in the midst of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sinus%20Iridum Sinus Iridum] highlands, N. of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Promontorium%20Laplace Laplace]. The walls are much broken by passes, and the interior includes many hills and ridges.<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maupertuis_(crater) Maupertuis]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maupertuis_(crater) Maupertuis]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | Depth data from [http://the-moon. | + | Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]<br /> |
* Westfall, 2000: 1.35 km | * Westfall, 2000: 1.35 km | ||
* Cherrington, 1969: 1.7 km | * Cherrington, 1969: 1.7 km | ||
| − | * The shadows cast by the small segment of rim in the southeast indicate height differences of 1300-1500 m. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * The shadows cast by the small segment of rim in the southeast indicate height differences of 1300-1500 m. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
| − | * Covered by ejecta from Iridum. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * Covered by ejecta from Iridum. <span class="membersnap">- tychocrater <small>Oct 21, 2007</small></span> |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | - Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).<br /> - '''Maupertuis''' was misprinted as '''MAUPERTIUS''' ("'''IU'''" instead of "'''UI'''") on LAC 11 (page 23) in the '''REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION''' of the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 2012).<span class="membersnap">- | + | - Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).<br /> - '''Maupertuis''' was misprinted as '''MAUPERTIUS''' ("'''IU'''" instead of "'''UI'''") on LAC 11 (page 23) in the '''REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION''' of the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 2012).<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 7, 2013</small></span><br /> <br /> |
==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:04, 16 April 2018
Contents
Maupertuis
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Lat: 49.6°N, Long: 27.3°W, Diam: 45 km, Depth: 1.35 km, Rükl: 2, Lower Imbrian |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
(LAC zone 11C3) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) MAUPERTUIS.--A great mountain enclosure of irregular shape, about 20 miles in diameter, in the midst of the Sinus Iridum highlands, N. of Laplace. The walls are much broken by passes, and the interior includes many hills and ridges.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 1.35 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.7 km
- The shadows cast by the small segment of rim in the southeast indicate height differences of 1300-1500 m. - Jim Mosher
- Covered by ejecta from Iridum. - tychocrater Oct 21, 2007
Nomenclature
- Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).
- Maupertuis was misprinted as MAUPERTIUS ("IU" instead of "UI") on LAC 11 (page 23) in the REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION of the Clementine Atlas of the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 2012).- DannyCaes Jan 7, 2013
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
