August 21, 2022

Odd Interiors

Originally published September 29, 2012
image by Alex Sanz, Ayllon, Spain

What is wrong with Capella? Its next door neighbor Isidorus appears like an older version of Gutenberg G. Are these odd-interior craters associated with some property of the material they formed in or is it just a coincidence they are near each other? Capella has been overlain with a large secondary crater chain, radial to the Imbrium Basin, but it is not likely that the chain caused the crater's odd looks. So what did?

Chuck Wood
PS - Don't get excited by the pit in Capella's central peak - the LRO QuickMap gives no suggestion that it is volcanic.

Technical Details
September the 4th, 2012 at 01:01 U.T. C11 at f/30, DMK 31 (27 fps) + red filter

Related Links
Rükl plate 47
Alex's website

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