Balmer-Kapteyn Basin

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Balmer-Kapteyn Basin

(unofficial name)

Lat: 15°S, Long: 70°E, Main ring diameter: 500 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 49&Rükl: 60

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Left:Clementine LIDAR data: altitude-coded shaded relief map
Right: Annotated Clementine view of region using the LTVT software.





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Maps

(LAC zone 81D4) LAC map Geologic map USGS Digital Atlas PDF

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
260, 500, 750, 1000 km
600m
No; -4 mG gravity anomaly


Description


Additional Information

  • Discovered by Maxwell & Andre (1981)


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 Balmer and Kapteyn.

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