There is actually some reason to consider this idea.
Lunar crater floor.
About 98 km across and 4 km deep cabeus is only about 100 km 62 miles from the lunar south pole.
Floor fractured moon crater.
Such craters containing central peaks exhibit peak heights approximately 1km comparable to those within well preserved impact.
The formation of new craters is studied in the lunar impact monitoring program at nasa.
Even large craters are common with over 230 craters with diameters of 100 km being visible from earth.
An example of a typical smooth crater floor at the cm dm scale considered in our study is shown in fig.
Well preserved large craters like tycho about 53 miles 85 kilometers.
It has been noted that all craters on the moon seem to have about the same depth irrespective of the size.
Craters are by far the most common lunar feature with over 300 000 craters of diameters 1 km on the near side.
The spectacular fractures that cut across the floor of komarov which is about 53 miles 85 kilometers in diameter were formed when magma rose from the mantle uplifting and fracturing the crater in the process.
This is a list of named lunar craters the large majority of these features are impact craters the crater nomenclature is governed by the international astronomical union and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society.
Numerous lunar craters 206 examples mean diameter 40km contain pronounced floor rilles fractures and evidence for volcanic processes.
Planetary scientists usually define the depth of an impact crater as the distance from the crater rim to the crater floor.
Seven morphologic classes have been defined according to floor depth and the appearance of the floor wall and rim zones.
This week we will highlight the crater taruntius viewable on sunday evening.
The week of july 29 august 4 takes us from day 27 to day 4.
It has been implied that the moon itself may be either constructed or at least partially modified.
Its extreme southerly latitude means that at any time shadows cover most of the crater s floor and significant parts of the floor are in permanent shadow.
Nasa s lunar reconnaissance orbiter captured this detailed look at the floor of komarov crater on the far side of the moon.
Ne j14 located on the north shore of fertility taruntius is a wonderful example of a floor fractured crater ffc.
Take a close look at it.