Difference between revisions of "September 11, 2012"
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
<br /> | <br /> | ||
<hr /> | <hr /> | ||
| + | <!-- Removed reference to store page --> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | ===COMMENTS?=== | ||
| + | Register, and click on the <b>Discussion</b> tab at the top of the page. | ||
| + | <hr> | ||
| + | You can support LPOD when you buy any book from Amazon thru [[Support_ LPOD|LPOD]]! | ||
| + | <span style="font-size:88%"> | ||
| + | <center> | ||
| + | Contributions to http://www2.lpod.org/ are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivative-Works Non-Commercial 3.0 License. [http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 http://www.wikispaces.com/i/creativecommons/by-nc-nd_3.0_80x15.png]<br> | ||
| + | </center> | ||
| + | </span> | ||
Revision as of 20:13, 31 January 2015
Unlucky in Location
LRO images from LRO QuickMap, NASA/ASU
Some people are unlucky in love; this crater was unlucky in location. When Peter Rosén was processing his excellent shot of Copernicus and environs he noticed this truncated crater on the LRO QuickMap. The 3.4 km wide crater is being consumed by the flanks of an unnamed mountain about halfway between Euler and the western end of the Carpathians in western Imbrium. Presumably the crater formed near the mountain as a perfectly round crater. But either the Moon shakes associated with its formation, or an acccumulation of later tremors caused material to slide down the face of the mountain and spread a little over the surrounding terrain and the unlucky crater's rim. Such material is called talus and it forms by mass movement on Earth, Mars, and Titan as well as the Moon - and probably Mercury and Venus. Gravity doesn't suck, it pulls relentlessly so that material on slopes moves downhill. Looking closely, the talus does extend further into the crater than in other directions, suggesting that the impact of the crater caused its on partial burial.
Chuck Wood
Related Links
Rükl plate 20
COMMENTS?
Register, and click on the Discussion tab at the top of the page.
You can support LPOD when you buy any book from Amazon thru LPOD!
Contributions to http://www2.lpod.org/ are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivative-Works Non-Commercial 3.0 License. 
