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| title = [[NASA]] Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature |
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| title = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |
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| title = The Clementine Atlas of the Moon |
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| title = Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature |
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| title = Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher = Jonathan's Space Report |
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| accessdate = 2007-10-24 |
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| title = On the Moon |
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| title = The Moon Observer's Handbook |
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| year = 1990 |
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| title = Atlas of the Moon |
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| publisher = Kalmbach Books |
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| isbn = 978-0-913135-17-4 |
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| year = 1962 |
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| title = Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes |
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| edition = 6th revision |
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| publisher = Dover |
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| isbn = 978-0-486-20917-3 |
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| last = Whitaker |
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| year = 1999 |
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| title = Mapping and Naming the Moon |
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| publisher = Cambridge University Press |
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| isbn = 978-0-521-62248-6 |
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| first = Peter T. |
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| last = Wlasuk |
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| year = 2000 |
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| title = Observing the Moon |
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| publisher = Springer |
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| isbn = 978-1-85233-193-1 |
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[[Category:Impact craters on the Moon]] |
[[Category:Impact craters on the Moon]] |
Revision as of 23:39, 28 June 2014
Diameter | 48 km |
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Depth | 0.9 km |
Colongitude | 344° at sunrise |
Eponym | René Descartes |
Descartes is a heavily worn lunar crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. To the southwest is the crater Abulfeda. It is named after the French philosopher, mathematician and physicist René Descartes.
The rim of Descartes survives only in stretches, and is completely missing in the north. The crater Descartes A lies across the southwest rim. The interior floor contains several curved ridges. These are concentric with the surviving outer walls to the northwest and southeast.
A section of the outer rim of Descartes is covered by a region that has a higher albedo than the surrounding surface. Measurements by the Clementine spacecraft showed that this patch is actually a magnetic anomaly—the strongest on the near side of the Moon. This magnetic field may be deflecting particles from the solar wind, and thus preventing the underlying surface from growing darker because of space weathering.
About 50 kilometers to the north of this crater was the landing site of Apollo 16. The uneven region about the landing area is sometimes called the Descartes Highlands or the Descartes Mountains.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Descartes.
Descartes | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 12.1° S | 15.2° E | 16 km |
C | 11.0° S | 16.3° E | 4 km |
See also
References
- Wood, Chuck (2007-05-31). "A New Swirl?". Lunar Photo of the Day. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
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(help) - Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". USGS. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
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(help) - Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
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(help) - Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
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(help) - McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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instead. - Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
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(help) - Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
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(help) - Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
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(help) - Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revision ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
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(help) - Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
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(help) - Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
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