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<em>left image by [mailto:TWILIGHTALLEHOUSE@hotmail.es Israel Tejera Falcón], Vecindario, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain; right image from [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc?commit=custom_zoom&zoom=10 LROC WMS Image Map]</em><br /> | <em>left image by [mailto:TWILIGHTALLEHOUSE@hotmail.es Israel Tejera Falcón], Vecindario, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain; right image from [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc?commit=custom_zoom&zoom=10 LROC WMS Image Map]</em><br /> | ||
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| − | Looking closely at Israel's nice mosaic of the area west of Clavius I noted something that I didn't understand. | + | Looking closely at Israel's nice mosaic of the area west of Clavius I noted something that I didn't understand. |
| − | In this excerpt a little piece of the rim of Clavius is at upper right, and half of Blancanus is below it. The thing | + | In this excerpt a little piece of the rim of Clavius is at upper right, and half of Blancanus is below it. The thing |
| − | that caught my eye was the ridge crossing the floor of [ | + | that caught my eye was the ridge crossing the floor of [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Scheiner Scheiner]. Only a few things normally occur on crater |
| − | floors: central peak mountains and hills, subsequent impact craters, mounds of debris slumped off the crater | + | floors: central peak mountains and hills, subsequent impact craters, mounds of debris slumped off the crater |
| − | walls, sometimes shoved out of the ways by a larger crater formed very nearby. The Scheiner ridge doeesn't | + | walls, sometimes shoved out of the ways by a larger crater formed very nearby. The Scheiner ridge doeesn't |
| − | seem to fit any of those categories. The overhead view from LRO isn't as dramatic as Israel's image but shows | + | seem to fit any of those categories. The overhead view from LRO isn't as dramatic as Israel's image but shows |
| − | that the ridge extends all the way across the floor as a slightly curved chord rather than a diameter. Along the | + | that the ridge extends all the way across the floor as a slightly curved chord rather than a diameter. Along the |
| − | edges of the crater floor are relics of probable older craters - perhaps such craters extended across Scheiner's | + | edges of the crater floor are relics of probable older craters - perhaps such craters extended across Scheiner's |
| − | floor. Enough time passed that these earlier craters were eroded before the smooth material was deposited that | + | floor. Enough time passed that these earlier craters were eroded before the smooth material was deposited that |
| − | fills the floor. Perhaps the ridge is the unburied remnant of random ridges from a crater covered earlier floor. <br /> | + | fills the floor. Perhaps the ridge is the unburied remnant of random ridges from a crater covered earlier floor. |
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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/R%C3%BCkl_72 72]<br /> |
| − | [http:/ | + | [http://www.Astrovecindario.es Vecindario Observatory]<br /> |
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[June 13, 2012|First Results]] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[June 15, 2012|Why the Rille Turned]] </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 13 October 2018
Ridged Mystery
left image by Israel Tejera Falcón, Vecindario, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain; right image from LROC WMS Image Map
Looking closely at Israel's nice mosaic of the area west of Clavius I noted something that I didn't understand.
In this excerpt a little piece of the rim of Clavius is at upper right, and half of Blancanus is below it. The thing
that caught my eye was the ridge crossing the floor of Scheiner. Only a few things normally occur on crater
floors: central peak mountains and hills, subsequent impact craters, mounds of debris slumped off the crater
walls, sometimes shoved out of the ways by a larger crater formed very nearby. The Scheiner ridge doeesn't
seem to fit any of those categories. The overhead view from LRO isn't as dramatic as Israel's image but shows
that the ridge extends all the way across the floor as a slightly curved chord rather than a diameter. Along the
edges of the crater floor are relics of probable older craters - perhaps such craters extended across Scheiner's
floor. Enough time passed that these earlier craters were eroded before the smooth material was deposited that
fills the floor. Perhaps the ridge is the unburied remnant of random ridges from a crater covered earlier floor.
Chuck Wood
Technical Details
Celestron CPC XLT 11" + Celestron Ultima x2 barlow + Lumenera Skynyx 2-0M camera
Related Links
Rükl plate 72
Vecindario Observatory
Yesterday's LPOD: First Results
Tomorrow's LPOD: Why the Rille Turned
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