The gradients of the slopes are extremely low. The diameters of indivicual structures lie between 5 and 10 km, but their heights, on the other hand, only amount to a few hundred metres. North of Hortensium lies a group of six such domes. In their form, gradient of their slopes and formation they may most readily be likened to terrestrial shield volcanoes.ĭirectly west of Milichius is the dome Milichius Pi. The are the largest lunar domes on the nearside of the Moon. In this region of the Moon, individual domes and groups of domes may be readily observed. The basaltic unifomity indicates that the transient crater did not went through the entire basaltic material of Procellarum, so at that point, the basaltic deposits are at least 6 km thick. According to impact geometry and kinetics it is considered that the transient Kepler crater reached a depth of about 6 km. The ejecta rays show a great uniformity because all the ejected material is basaltic debris. It is broken on the western side by the small crater Encke N (3.5 km, very happy to have captured it!)ĭespite the the relatively small crater, 31 km in diameter, Kepler stands out as it is the centre of a remarkable ray system (an indication of its "young" age). The ejecta rays are more than 300 km long. The ejecta blanket appears with an intense light colour that contrasts with the dark basaltic materials of Oceanus Procellarum. Not as much as Encke, which lying southeast of Kepler, is distinctly six-sided. The wall of Kepler appears to be slightly hexagonal. (technical details of the image after the "tedious" text :-) )Īlthough problably known by you, fellow Astrobinners, let me rejoice in some of these features and highlights in the following lines. Besides this approach suits my usual 5 parts mosaics I am taking to put up an image. IN addition, I wanted to be able to capture with some resolution some of the many features this area presents. I did not want to focus only on the relatively small crater but on the general area, overall on the changes in the textures and colours of the surrounding material. Another processing from last February captures, this time of the beautiful Kepler area.
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