Cartan
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Cartan
(formerly Apollonius D)
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Lat: 4.2°N, Long: 59.3°E, Diam: 15 km, Depth: 1.85 km, Rükl: 38 |
LO-I-029M Cartan is at the north end of a chain of craters including the larger 20-km Apollonius H (below the lower margin of this view).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Cartan was also captured on Apollo 17's panoramic ITEK-camera frames AS17-P-2921 and AS17-P-2926 (on these two, Cartan's eastern half is visible a little bit to the right of the central parts of those frames)(look for a crater with small bright dot on its floor, not to be confused with Apollonius F a bit further to the right and immediately east of Daly!). Frames AS17-P-2923 and AS17-P-2928 show Cartan's western half (look for "half a crater", located a tiny little bit to the right of the central parts of both frames)(the complete crater further to the right is Daly).
- Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 62D2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
Westfall, 2000: 1.85 km - From the shadows in LO-I-029M, the east rim of Cartan is from 1390 to 2150 m above the floor. - Jim Mosher
Nomenclature
Elie-Joseph; French mathematician (1869-1951).
- This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was provisionally introduced on LTO-62D2. It was approved by the IAU in 1976 (IAU Transactions XVIB). - Jim Mosher
LPOD Articles
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