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| + | <td><div align="center" class="main_sm">Image Credit: [mailto:strgzr52@hotmail.com Carol Lakomiak ]</div></td> | ||
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| + | <p class="story" align="center"><b>Megadome</b></p> | ||
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| + | Is Rumker the Moon's biggest dome? How about the Aristarchus Plateau? What about the Gardner Megadome, a structure I named in The Modern Moon, and shown in the overview image above (circled on mouseover)? In fact, are any of these landforms domes, other than in a strict topographic sense? The Gardner Megadome is very rough textured and about 70 km wide and 300-400 meter above the nearby edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. Its summit seems to hold an irregular depression with what looks to be a channel running down slope to the south. Is this a giant pit crater on a giant dome? Unfortunately, most available orbital and telescopic photos don't clarify the interpretation. High resolution, low sun images are needed - will someone get them this lunation? | ||
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| + | <p align="right"> — [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Chuck Wood ]</p> | ||
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| + | <p><b>Technical Details:</b><br> | ||
| + | Meade 8" LX-10 SCT at 226x, Nikon CP4300 single image</p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Related Links: </b><br> | ||
| + | [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/images/img/iv_078_h2.jpg Lunar Orbiter IV View] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> Rima Weird</p> | ||
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| + | <td><p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | ||
| + | [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Charles A. Wood]</p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Technical Consultant:</b><br> | ||
| + | [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>[mailto:webmaster@entropysponge.com Contact Webmaster]</b></p> | ||
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| + | <a class="one" href="http://www.observingthesky.org/">ObservingTheSky.Org</a></p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Visit these other PODs:</b> <br> | ||
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Megadome Is Rumker the Moon's biggest dome? How about the Aristarchus Plateau? What about the Gardner Megadome, a structure I named in The Modern Moon, and shown in the overview image above (circled on mouseover)? In fact, are any of these landforms domes, other than in a strict topographic sense? The Gardner Megadome is very rough textured and about 70 km wide and 300-400 meter above the nearby edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. Its summit seems to hold an irregular depression with what looks to be a channel running down slope to the south. Is this a giant pit crater on a giant dome? Unfortunately, most available orbital and telescopic photos don't clarify the interpretation. High resolution, low sun images are needed - will someone get them this lunation? Technical Details: Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: Rima Weird <img src="MainPage/spacer.gif" width="640" height="1"> |
Author & Editor: Technical Consultant: A service of: Visit these other PODs: |
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