Lunar Crater Floor

It has been noted that all craters on the moon seem to have about the same depth irrespective of the size.

Lunar crater floor.

1 which contains monostatic radar backscatter scenes of a 2 6 km diameter simple crater inside amundsen crater near the lunar south pole at h and v polarizations for both mini sar and mini rf at s band and x band respectively the similarity of the crater floor s radar backscatter between. The week of july 29 august 4 takes us from day 27 to day 4. Even large craters are common with over 230 craters with diameters of 100 km being visible from earth. The formation of new craters is studied in the lunar impact monitoring program at nasa.

Take a close look at it. This is a list of named lunar craters the large majority of these features are impact craters the crater nomenclature is governed by the international astronomical union and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society. Well preserved large craters like tycho about 53 miles 85 kilometers. Numerous lunar craters 206 examples mean diameter 40km contain pronounced floor rilles fractures and evidence for volcanic processes.

Such craters containing central peaks exhibit peak heights approximately 1km comparable to those within well preserved impact. Nasa s lunar reconnaissance orbiter captured this detailed look at the floor of komarov crater on the far side of the moon. An example of a typical smooth crater floor at the cm dm scale considered in our study is shown in fig. Evidence collected during the apollo project and from unmanned spacecraft of the same period proved conclusively that meteoric impact or impact by asteroids for larger craters was the origin of almost all lunar craters and by implication most craters on other bodies as well.

Its extreme southerly latitude means that at any time shadows cover most of the crater s floor and significant parts of the floor are in permanent shadow. Craters are by far the most common lunar feature with over 300 000 craters of diameters 1 km on the near side. This week we will highlight the crater taruntius viewable on sunday evening. There is actually some reason to consider this idea.

Seven morphologic classes have been defined according to floor depth and the appearance of the floor wall and rim zones. Floor fractured moon crater. Ne j14 located on the north shore of fertility taruntius is a wonderful example of a floor fractured crater ffc. It has been implied that the moon itself may be either constructed or at least partially modified.

The polygonal pattern may be indicative of a substructure beneath the crater floor.