A description of the crater Tsiolkovsky on the lunar far side

Details A description of the crater Tsiolkovsky on the lunar far side A description of the crater Tsiolkovsky on the lunar far side

Sep 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988em%26p...42..265t&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 42, Sept. 1988, p. 265-275.

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Chemical Composition, Lava, Lunar Craters, Lunar Far Side, Lunar Topography, Apollo 15 Flight, Lunar Geology, Lunar Maria, Lunar Surface

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Tsiolkovsky is unique on the Moon's far hemisphere because of its central peak and mare filling. Its size, shape and dark coloured floor make it a distinctive feature of lunar topography. Looking at the crater floor in detail, endogenic features can be distinguished from impact craters and successive lava flows can be detected. Many geological and geomorphological features can be seen: volcanic vents and domes, graben and other faults, dykes, lava tubes, compression ridges and slumping. These are the same features as seen in near-side maria, therefore the processes that formed them can be assumed to be the same. Some of the theories of formation of the geological, geomorphological and impact structures are applied to the crater Tsiolkovsky and its mare floor.

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