Lunar image(s)
from December 6, 2019
It seems that I
have imaged, and identified, most of the “major” lunar features,
so I thought it might be interesting to look for some of the less
looked at features. However, he said chuckling, when you go for the
minor stuff, it appears you also get most of the major stuff. The
field of view is just too great, I suppose.
Anyway, I took 4
images where the primary target was something minor. One such image
is below.
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| Anaxagoras and Pico area of moon just about first quarter |
I've identified
two less viewed features here: the crater Anaxagoras, which is about
31 miles in diameter, and the “circular formation” that, as far
as I can tell, is identified as Pico, perhaps Pico C. My favorite
lunar program, Virtual Moon Atlas, doesn't make identification easy,
so I'm making something of a guess here with Pico.
I also thought
it would be a good excuse to find out what I could about the “minor”
features. And what I found is......there ain't much out there!
Virtual Moon Atlas had about as much info as could be found. Maybe I
should qualify statement; I could find some very specific geological
information that I'm not equipped to understand, so was not as
helpful in making a good, generally informational description. There
is one geophysicist in the family that could interpret, but that will
probably need to wait for a later time. The “circular formation
known as Pico” is interesting because it just looks like a crater
filled in with lava. However, the mountain near the 7 o'clock
position is Mount Pico. Why would there be what appears to be several
mountains on the rim? Inquiring minds would like to know.... and so
would I. This image also shows what appears to be “folds”
(perhaps wrinkle ridges?) in the mare. They seem to show up more
clearly in this set of images than perhaps any I have taken.
Unfortunately, the conversion and downsizing of the image has removed
much of the clarity.
The other images
have similar interesting formations, as well as some major ones, just
like this image. And, information is just about as hard to come by.
