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A more unexpected discovery is that the floor of Pitatus is no where near flat. The right profile is a traverse from north to south to the right of the central peak. The floor rises from the northern trough to a rounded flatness and then dives down into a wide depression the occupies the entire south half of the crater floor. If you look at Damian's image you'll notice a faint NW-SE diagonal rille - that is where the depression starts, a hinge line. The hole is about 50 km wide and 400 m deep. Profiles in other directions confirm this monster feature, and yet there is no visual sign of it. Does it show up in very low Sun views? Is it real or a defect of the LRO topo? Strange.<br /> | A more unexpected discovery is that the floor of Pitatus is no where near flat. The right profile is a traverse from north to south to the right of the central peak. The floor rises from the northern trough to a rounded flatness and then dives down into a wide depression the occupies the entire south half of the crater floor. If you look at Damian's image you'll notice a faint NW-SE diagonal rille - that is where the depression starts, a hinge line. The hole is about 50 km wide and 400 m deep. Profiles in other directions confirm this monster feature, and yet there is no visual sign of it. Does it show up in very low Sun views? Is it real or a defect of the LRO topo? Strange.<br /> | ||
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− | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | + | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood]</em><br /> |
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | <strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | ||
<em>[https://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart 16.<br /> | <em>[https://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart 16.<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 22:55, 4 January 2015
A Giant Hidden Hole?
image by " rel="nofollow Damian Peach
A more unexpected discovery is that the floor of Pitatus is no where near flat. The right profile is a traverse from north to south to the right of the central peak. The floor rises from the northern trough to a rounded flatness and then dives down into a wide depression the occupies the entire south half of the crater floor. If you look at Damian's image you'll notice a faint NW-SE diagonal rille - that is where the depression starts, a hinge line. The hole is about 50 km wide and 400 m deep. Profiles in other directions confirm this monster feature, and yet there is no visual sign of it. Does it show up in very low Sun views? Is it real or a defect of the LRO topo? Strange.
" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood
Technical Details
Jan 11, 2014. C14
Related Links
21st Century Atlas chart 16.
Damian's " rel="nofollow website