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

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTV6BUQPE_index_0.html

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 45.7º West, at latitudes of 21.3º South, 19.7º
South and 18.1º 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 @ esa.int

Jean-Luc Josset, SPACE-X Space Exploration Institute
Email: jean-luc.josset @ space-x.ch