[meteorite-list] SMART-1 Images: Mersenius Crater - Wrinkles Between Humorum and Procellarum

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jul 27 13:38:02 2006
Message-ID: <200607271735.KAA26305_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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Mersenius crater - wrinkles between Humorum and Procellarum
SMART-1
European Space Agency
27 July 2006

This mosaic of three images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging
Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the crater
Mersenius C on the Moon.
 
AMIE obtained this sequence on 13 January 2006, from a distance of 1149,
1172, 1195 kilometres from the surface, respectively. The ground
resolution ranges from 104 to 108 metres per pixel. All images are
located at a longitude of 45.7?? West, at latitudes of 21.3?? South, 19.7??
South and 18.1?? South, respectively.

Crater Mersenius C is positioned in the highland area between Mare
Humorum and the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater has a diameter of 14
kilometres and is best visible for ground-based observers 4 days after
first quarter Moon.
 
It is named in honour of Marin Mersene, a French philosopher and
physicist (1588 - 1648). The crater is surrounded by a system of
so-called 'grabens', which are fractures that form when the lunar
surface sinks slightly as a result of faults.

 
For more information
 
Bernard H. Foing, ESA SMART-1 Project Scientist
Email: bernard.foing _at_ esa.int

Jean-Luc Josset, SPACE-X Space Exploration Institute
Email: jean-luc.josset _at_ space-x.ch
Received on Thu 27 Jul 2006 01:35:28 PM PDT