martedì 19 agosto 2014

Aristillus, Autolycus, Palus Putredinis region

Aristillus 1, Autolycus 1, Putredinis 1 domes


by Carmelo Zannelli


by Paolo Lazzarotti


by Mike Wirths (Aristillus 1 dome)

Dome
Longitude
Latitude
Diameter [km]
Heigth [m]
    Slope[°]
Aristillus 1
Autolycus 1
Putredinis 1
5.67°
3.82°
-1.44°
33.28°
30.50°
26.30°
54x35 ± 0.5
28 ± 0.5 
7 ± 0.5 
85 ± 10
75 ± 10
90 ± 10
    0.2 ± 0.02
    0.3 ± 0.03
    1.5 ± 0.10


Linear rilles are traversing the summit of the large and low dome located near Aristillus.  According to our modelling results, Aristillus 1 belongs to class In1 of putative intrusive domes, characterised by uppermost basaltic layer thicknesses of 1.1 km, intrusion depths of 7.9 km, and magma pressures of 66 MPa. Another large and low dome termed Autolycus 1 is located in Mare Imbrium, east of the crater Autolycus. This dome is detectable only in telescopic CCD images acquired at low solar elevation. It belongs  to the effusive class C1. The dome termed Putredinis 1 is situated close to the so-called “Apennine Bench Formation”. The dome belongs to class C2,  like several domes in the Milichius/T. Mayer region and the domes Cauchy ω and τ (C2 and C3) in Mare Tranquillitatis.
Further lunar domes are present and described in the Apennine region near the crater Huxley.