Difference between revisions of "Pentland"

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[[Image:normal_Pentland_LO-IV-094H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Pentland_LO-IV-094H_LTVT.JPG]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1616 LO-IV-094H]''<br /> <br />  
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[[Image:Normal_Pentland_LO-IV-094H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Pentland_LO-IV-094H_LTVT.JPG]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1616 LO-IV-094H]''<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Pentland LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Pentland%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Pentland LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Pentland%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' PENTLAND.--A fine conspicuous formation under a low sun, even in a region abounding in such objects. It is about 50 miles in diameter, with a border exceeding in places 10,000 feet in height above the floor, which includes an especially fine central mountain.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' PENTLAND.--A fine conspicuous formation under a low sun, even in a region abounding in such objects. It is about 50 miles in diameter, with a border exceeding in places 10,000 feet in height above the floor, which includes an especially fine central mountain.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentland_(crater) Pentland]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentland_(crater) Pentland]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Westfall, 2000: 4.01 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 4.01 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 3.1 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 3.1 km

Latest revision as of 03:09, 16 April 2018

Pentland

Lat: 64.6°S, Long: 11.5°E, Diam: 56 km, Depth: 4.01 km, Rükl 73

external image normal_Pentland_LO-IV-094H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-094H

Images

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Maps

(LAC zone 138A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) PENTLAND.--A fine conspicuous formation under a low sun, even in a region abounding in such objects. It is about 50 miles in diameter, with a border exceeding in places 10,000 feet in height above the floor, which includes an especially fine central mountain.

Description: Wikipedia

Pentland

Additional Information

  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    • Westfall, 2000: 4.01 km
    • Cherrington, 1969: 3.1 km
  • According to LTVT the shadows in LO-IV-094H indicate a maximum depth of 3950 m. The "fine" central peak, mentioned by Elger, rises 790 m. - Jim Mosher


Nomenclature

  • Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797 - 1873) was an Irish geographer, natural scientist, and traveller. With Woodbine Parish, Pentland surveyed a large part of the Bolivian Andes between 1826 and 1827.
  • Related material on other features named after Irish scientists.


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