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Hi Rob
From Virtual Moon Atlas (VMA):
1. ALBATEGNIUS
Type: Walled plain
Geological period: Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)
Size:
Dimension: 139x139Km / 82x82Mi
Height: 0
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0287
Description:
Damaged circular formation.
Steep slopes riddled with craterlets.
High walls ridden by many craters with Klein to the West and Albategius B to the North.
Large flat floor. White spot to the West. Central mountain. Depressions and craterlets.
2. ERATOSTHENES
Type: Crater
Geological period: Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)
Size:
Dimension: 60x60Km / 35x35Mi
Height: 3570m / 10800ft
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0616
Description:
Circular formation situated to the South extremity of Montes Apenninus.
Very steep slopes and tormented especially to the South.
Very high walls with terraces.
Few extensive and flat floor. Central mountain with several summits. Wrinkle ridges hills and rilles.
3. PITATUS
Type: Crater
Geological period: Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)
Size:
Dimension: 100x100Km / 59x59Mi
Height: ?
Height/Wide ratio: Unknown height. Impossible calculation.
Description:
Circular formation situated on the South bank of Mare Nubium.
Tormented slopes supporting Pitatus G to the East the trio Weiss Z / Wurzelbauer N / Wurzelbauer W to the South and the half ghost crater Pitatus S to the North.
Few high walls of riddled with anonymous craterlets.
Flat floor filled with lava supporting Rimae Pitatus.Off-centered double mountain. Hills and craterlets. White spots. Communicating with the floor of Hesiodus by a valley in the wall.
3. HESIODUS A (Double crater)
Type: Crater
Geological period: Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?
Size:
Dimension: 15x15Km / 9x9Mi
Height: 0
Height/Wide ratio: 0
Description:
Circular formation situated on the South-West slope of Hesiodus.
Pretty steep slopes to the North and to the East.
High walls.
Very little flat floor extensive with two concentric rings.
4. HIPPARCHUS
Type: Walled plain
Geological period: Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)
Size:
Dimension: 155x155Km / 91x91Mi
Height: 0
Height/Wide ratio: 0.008
Description:
Deformed and wrecked formation. Place of the landing of Tintin on the Moon imagined by Herge'.
Pretty steep slopes supporting many craters whose Pickering to the North-East Halley to the South and Hind to the South-East.
Few high walls ridden to the North by Horrocks and to the East by Hipparchus G.
Very large flat floor containing Hipparchus N and the ghost crater Hipparchus X. Two parallel rilles. Hills and craterlets.
Very nice images by the way - rich depth of data.
Cheers
Dennis
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