Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982avest..16...27s&link_type=abstract
(Astronomicheskii Vestnik, vol. 16, Jan.-Mar. 1982, p. 27-30.) Solar System Research, vol. 16, no. 1, July 1982, p. 22-25. Tran
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lunar Craters, Lunar Surface, Lunar Topography, Density Distribution, Hypsography
Scientific paper
A hypsometric chart for the moon's visible hemisphere was plotted relative to the center of mass. On the basis of this and a detailed crater-distribution density chart of the moon, the relation of distribution density to the hypsometric characteristics of the lunar surface is examined. The results are that, with few exceptions, all the regions with a crater density of less than 17 craters (of more than 21 km diameter) per reference area have a mean altitude more than 1 km below the mean level of the surface. If the averaged data can be considered sufficiently characteristic, then one can say that practically all the 'young' parts of the visible hemisphere are situated substantially below the mean level of the surface. Corresponding calculations for the back side of the moon show this relationship to be less strongly pronounced there.
Sitnikov B. D.
Skobeleva T. P.
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