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Manilius--Errata

Started by Mike Wirths, 01/23/2005 01:56AM
Posted 01/23/2005 01:56AM Opening Post
Hi all,

I couple days ago I said this image was the crater Calippus, but after carefully checking Lunar Orbiter images, I discovered it was Manilius. Manilius is 39 km wide with very steep walls. To the lower left of the image is a dark halo crater (DHC)which are possibly volcanic in nature with a dark ejecta blankets.
I reprocessed the image and dug out more detail.

cheers

Mike Wirths

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Posted 01/23/2005 04:13PM #1
Nice work Mike, looks like the crater is popping out of the pic!
Quite an interesting little crater also, the one at bottom left...

Thanks! wink

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Posted 01/24/2005 02:00AM #2
Hi Mike,

Outstanding image, those crater walls really do look steep, the angle
of your image brings that out very well.

Clear And Steady Skies,

Wes Higgins