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− | + | <p align="left">The lunar south polar region almost always presents a craggy [http://www.lpod.org/LPOD-2004-09-29.htm wilderness] of rims and peaks, all squeezed together by foreshortening and exaggerated by grazing lighting. Its a delightful place to observe and maybe someday to visit. Many of the craters, even though actually on the Earth-facing hemisphere can only be clearly seen when librations are favorable, as when Tom Bash took this great view of Drygalski at 87 degrees W and 80 degrees S. With a diameter of 163 km Drygalski would be a dominating crater if it were further from the limb. Drygalski is a Copernicus-like crater, with flat floor, terraced walls and a large central peak. The crater is relatively old, and is cut by secondary impact craters from the formation of the younger crater [http://www.lpod.org/archive/2004/04/LPOD-2004-04-09.htm Hausen.] The flat floor was probably originally covered with impact melt, but may also have received fluidized ejecta from the formation of the [http://www.lpod.org/archive/2004/03/LPOD-2004-03-18.htm Orientale] impact basin. Drygalski is not within the permanently shadowed part of the south pole but spectral evidence of the water-bearing minerals called phyllosilicates were detected in the walls of Drygalski, Klaproth and a few other craters. I am concerned that the same technique also identified phyllosilicates in the walls of Clavius (49 degrees S), which is far from the pole!</p> | |
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<p align="left"><p><b>Technical Details:</b><br> | <p align="left"><p><b>Technical Details:</b><br> | ||
October 8, 2004, 9:46 UT. C9.25 + ToUcam web cam, utilizing a 2X barlow</p> | October 8, 2004, 9:46 UT. C9.25 + ToUcam web cam, utilizing a 2X barlow</p> | ||
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<br>[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC99/pdf/1343.pdf Aqueous Alteration on the Moon] | <br>[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC99/pdf/1343.pdf Aqueous Alteration on the Moon] | ||
<p align="left"><b>Tomorrow's LPOD: </b> Gasping at Gassendi </p> | <p align="left"><b>Tomorrow's LPOD: </b> Gasping at Gassendi </p> | ||
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− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | |
− | + | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | |
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− | + | [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p> | |
− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Contact Translator:</b><br> | |
− | + | [mailto:pablolonnie@yahoo.com.mx" class="one Pablo Lonnie Pacheco Railey] (Es)<br> | |
− | + | [mailto:chlegrand@free.fr" class="one Christian Legrand] (Fr)</p> | |
− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>[mailto:webuser@observingthesky.org Contact Webmaster]</b></p> | |
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− | + | [http://www.observingthesky.org/" class="one ObservingTheSky.Org]</p> | |
− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Visit these other PODs:</b> <br> | |
− | + | [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html" class="one Astronomy] | [http://www.msss.com/" class="one Mars] | [http://epod.usra.edu/" class="one Earth]</p> | |
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Polar Dryness
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Polar Dryness The lunar south polar region almost always presents a craggy wilderness of rims and peaks, all squeezed together by foreshortening and exaggerated by grazing lighting. Its a delightful place to observe and maybe someday to visit. Many of the craters, even though actually on the Earth-facing hemisphere can only be clearly seen when librations are favorable, as when Tom Bash took this great view of Drygalski at 87 degrees W and 80 degrees S. With a diameter of 163 km Drygalski would be a dominating crater if it were further from the limb. Drygalski is a Copernicus-like crater, with flat floor, terraced walls and a large central peak. The crater is relatively old, and is cut by secondary impact craters from the formation of the younger crater Hausen. The flat floor was probably originally covered with impact melt, but may also have received fluidized ejecta from the formation of the Orientale impact basin. Drygalski is not within the permanently shadowed part of the south pole but spectral evidence of the water-bearing minerals called phyllosilicates were detected in the walls of Drygalski, Klaproth and a few other craters. I am concerned that the same technique also identified phyllosilicates in the walls of Clavius (49 degrees S), which is far from the pole! Technical Details: Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: Gasping at Gassendi |
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