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<em>image by [mailto:pleonz@hotmail.com Patricio Leon]</em><br />
 
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This dramatic oblique view of Pythagoras look-alike Sklodowska crater is but a small segment  of the wide Apollo 17 panoramic [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/apollo/view?image_name=AS17-P-2845 photo] recently released in HR by Arizona State University. Sklodowska is an old, twin peak crater with worn terraces that lies at the eastern limb of the Moon, just beyond direct sight. Her spouse crater, Curie, is seen at the extreme left limb on today´s photo and is an even older crater ruined by nearby impacts that created Humboldt and Sklodowska, as well as several smaller craters. It has been caught in [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/March+10%2C+2014 images] taken from Earth. Just above the right (NW) rim of Sklodowska on the image appears a young craterlet in profile, which has a prominent [http://bit.ly/1v70Icw ray system] that signals an oblique impact from the east – it aids finding the main crater at the limb during very favorable [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/share/view/60882204 librations].<br />
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This dramatic oblique view of Pythagoras look-alike Sklodowska crater is but a small segment  of the wide Apollo 17 panoramic [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/apollo/view?image_name=AS17-P-2845 photo] recently released in HR by Arizona State University. Sklodowska is an old, twin peak crater with worn terraces that lies at the eastern limb of the Moon, just beyond direct sight. Her spouse crater, Curie, is seen at the extreme left limb on today´s photo and is an even older crater ruined by nearby impacts that created Humboldt and Sklodowska, as well as several smaller craters. It has been caught in [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/March_10,_2014 images] taken from Earth. Just above the right (NW) rim of Sklodowska on the image appears a young craterlet in profile, which has a prominent [http://bit.ly/1v70Icw ray system] that signals an oblique impact from the east – it aids finding the main crater at the limb during very favorable [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/share/view/60882204 librations].<br />
 
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<em>[mailto:pleonz@hotmail.com Patricio Leon]</em><br />
 
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
 
<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
<em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart L2.<br />
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<em>[[21st Century Atlas of the Moon|21st Century Atlas]]</em> chart L2.<br />
 
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[October 23, 2014|Confirmation]] </p>
 
<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[October 23, 2014|Confirmation]] </p>

Latest revision as of 08:35, 28 October 2018

5° Beyond the Limb

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image by Patricio Leon

This dramatic oblique view of Pythagoras look-alike Sklodowska crater is but a small segment of the wide Apollo 17 panoramic photo recently released in HR by Arizona State University. Sklodowska is an old, twin peak crater with worn terraces that lies at the eastern limb of the Moon, just beyond direct sight. Her spouse crater, Curie, is seen at the extreme left limb on today´s photo and is an even older crater ruined by nearby impacts that created Humboldt and Sklodowska, as well as several smaller craters. It has been caught in images taken from Earth. Just above the right (NW) rim of Sklodowska on the image appears a young craterlet in profile, which has a prominent ray system that signals an oblique impact from the east – it aids finding the main crater at the limb during very favorable librations.

Patricio Leon
CAW Note: Is this the only married couple on the Moon?

Related Links
21st Century Atlas chart L2.

Yesterday's LPOD: Confirmation

Tomorrow's LPOD: Two Carpenters



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