The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical featuresElger, Thomas Gwyn
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The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical features
Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Moon
WURZELBAUER.--Another irregular walled-plain, about 50 miles in diameter,
on the S.E. of Pitatus, with a very complex border, in connection with
which, on the S.W., is a group of fine depressions, and on the S.E. a
large crater. There is much detail on the very uneven floor.
MILLER.--One of a group of three moderately large ring-plains, of which
Nasireddin is a member, near the central meridian in S. latitude 39 deg.
Its massive border rises nearly 11,000 feet above the floor, on which
stands a central peak. Miller is about 36 miles in diameter.
NASIREDDIN.--A somewhat smaller ring-plain on the S. of the last, and of
a very similar type. It contains a central peak and several minor
elevations. Between its N.W. border and the S.W. flank of Miller is a
smaller ring-plain of about half the size of Nasireddin, and on the S.E.
a large enclosure named HUGGINS.
ORONTIUS.--Huggins has encroached on the W. side of this irregular ring-
plain and overlaps it. It is of considerable size. The floor includes
much detail and a prominent crater.
SASSERIDES.--A formation of irregular shape, with very lofty walls,
situated amid the confusion of ring-plains, craters, crater-pits, &c., in
the region N. of Tycho, some of which are fully as deserving of a
distinct name.
HEINSIUS.--A very curious formation on the N.E. of Tycho: a fine
telescopic object under oblique illumination. It has an irregular but
continuous border, except on the S., where two large ring-plains have
encroached upon it, and a third, N. of a line joining their centres,
occupies no inconsiderable portion of the floor. Heinsius is nearly 50
miles across, and the border on the W., is nearly 9000 feet above the
interior, which includes, at least, three small craters. The walls of the
intrusive ring-plains have craters on their summits; the more westerly
has two on the W., and its companion, one on the S.W. The ring-plain on
the floor has a crater on its E. wall. Schmidt shows a small crater
between the ring-plains on the S. border.
SAUSSURE.--A ring-plain W. of Tycho, 28 miles in diameter, with bright
lofty terraced walls and a somewhat dark interior, on which there is a
crater, W. of the centre, and some crater-pits. There are several large
depressions on the S.W. wall. It is surrounded by formations which,
though nearly as prominent as itself, have not, with the exception of
Pictet on the E., and one on the N.W., called Huggins by Schmidt,
received distinctive names. The region W. of Saussure abounds in
craterlets, some of which are of the minutest type. One of the Tycho
streaks is manifestly deflected from its course by this formation, and
another is faintly traceable on the floor.
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