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<em>image by [mailto:MarioWeigand@gmx.de Mario Weigand], Offenbach am Main, Germany</em><br /> | <em>image by [mailto:MarioWeigand@gmx.de Mario Weigand], Offenbach am Main, Germany</em><br /> | ||
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| − | Zupus is the dark patch near the center of this frame. It's name implies that it is a crater, but is it? It doesn't have a rim, just a massive ridge to its east. The name was given by Riccioli, whose view of it was vastly poorer than Mario has provided us. Look at the surface texture surrounding Zupus - it is rough and there are small hills sticking out. This surface material is basin ejecta, which could be from the Orientale Basin to the west or the Imbrium one to the north. I would guess that the ejecta destroyed all the rim except for the remaining ridge. The floor of the ex-crater remained a low spot, and fractures under the crater allowed mare basalts to rise up and erupt on the surface. Two sets of rilles are also well shown here. At the 11 o'clock direction from Zupus is an unusual non-mare rille. We named it [ | + | Zupus is the dark patch near the center of this frame. It's name implies that it is a crater, but is it? It doesn't have a rim, just a massive ridge to its east. The name was given by Riccioli, whose view of it was vastly poorer than Mario has provided us. Look at the surface texture surrounding Zupus - it is rough and there are small hills sticking out. This surface material is basin ejecta, which could be from the Orientale Basin to the west or the Imbrium one to the north. I would guess that the ejecta destroyed all the rim except for the remaining ridge. The floor of the ex-crater remained a low spot, and fractures under the crater allowed mare basalts to rise up and erupt on the surface. Two sets of rilles are also well shown here. At the 11 o'clock direction from Zupus is an unusual non-mare rille. We named it [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Zupus%2C_Rimae Zupus I], back in the 1960s when I worked on the <em>[[December_5,_2007|Billy I]]. Billy II was the little rille that extends to the northeast; it is probably too inconsequential to have a designation. Mario's image, which is far better than anything we had in the early 60s, shows that Billy I is shorter than we thought and doesn't reach Billy, but it does appear to extend further to the south, skipping the blocky patch of ejecta. It is nice to be able to update my earlier work! Notice also the arc that curves from bottom right up to Billy. This may be all that is left of a large crater, mostly destroyed by the ejecta.<br /> |
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | ||
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | <strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | ||
| − | Rükl plate [ | + | Rükl plate [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Rükl_51 51]<br /> |
| − | Mario's [http:/ | + | Mario's [http://www.SkyTrip.de webpage]<br /> |
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[January 11, 2009|木村]] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[January 13, 2009|Western Tales]] </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:31, 27 October 2018
Zupiddy Do Da
image by Mario Weigand, Offenbach am Main, Germany
Zupus is the dark patch near the center of this frame. It's name implies that it is a crater, but is it? It doesn't have a rim, just a massive ridge to its east. The name was given by Riccioli, whose view of it was vastly poorer than Mario has provided us. Look at the surface texture surrounding Zupus - it is rough and there are small hills sticking out. This surface material is basin ejecta, which could be from the Orientale Basin to the west or the Imbrium one to the north. I would guess that the ejecta destroyed all the rim except for the remaining ridge. The floor of the ex-crater remained a low spot, and fractures under the crater allowed mare basalts to rise up and erupt on the surface. Two sets of rilles are also well shown here. At the 11 o'clock direction from Zupus is an unusual non-mare rille. We named it Zupus I, back in the 1960s when I worked on the Billy I. Billy II was the little rille that extends to the northeast; it is probably too inconsequential to have a designation. Mario's image, which is far better than anything we had in the early 60s, shows that Billy I is shorter than we thought and doesn't reach Billy, but it does appear to extend further to the south, skipping the blocky patch of ejecta. It is nice to be able to update my earlier work! Notice also the arc that curves from bottom right up to Billy. This may be all that is left of a large crater, mostly destroyed by the ejecta.
Chuck Wood
Technical Details
See image margin.
Related Links
Rükl plate 51
Mario's webpage
Yesterday's LPOD: 木村
Tomorrow's LPOD: Western Tales
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