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Topic: Bailly crater


  
  Moon
Its crust averages 68 km thick, is thinner on the near side, and varies from essentially zero thickness under Mare Crisium to a depth of 107 km north of the crater Korolev on the lunar farside.
Mass concentrations, or mascons, associated with the circular maria, and thought to be caused by layers of denser, basaltic lava, were discovered as a result of their gravitational effect on the orbital motions of Lunar Orbiter probes in the 1960s.
The largest crater on the nearside of the Moon with a diameter of 295 km and maximum depth of 3.96 km.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/M/Moon.html   (1480 words)

  
 NexStar 50 Lunar List
Bright crater against darkness at junction of M. Tranquilitatis and M. Serenitatis
An amazing 2-step terraced wall, with a ghost crater right next to it.
Bay at the centre of the lunar disc.
www.nexstarsite.com /NexStar50/nexstar50lunarlist.htm   (386 words)

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