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HEAVISIDE
Farside Directory - Ridge Section 130


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                                    Left.  Ridge Section 130; Right: Cropped 1200 dpi USGS color chart of Section 130 
                                          
Larger expanded version of color chart with Heaviside west of center
  USGS Charts 1020S-160180
Lunascan Project composite of Sections 118,119 and 129,130
LAC/WAC 85 (pdf file)


BRIEF DESCRIPTION
10.4_S_167.1_E
Heaviside is a 165 km lunar impact crater located on the lunar Far Side. It is attached to the eastern rim of the equally large walled plain Keeler (Section 118), although Keeler is somewhat less eroded.  Much further northwest is Stratton (Section 119) but the satellite crater Stratton K is in the far NW corner of our section here. To the southeast of Heaviside is the prominent Aitken, which is stealing the show with all its interest and reports, but Heaviside is the most prominent crater. Its outer wall has been worn and eroded by subsequent impacts, particularly to the north and south. Only the eastern rim remains relatively intact, while the western rim has been slightly distorted by the adjacent Keeler impact. The relatively flat interior floor is marked by many small craterlets and rugged terrain to the southeast and west. The most notable of these are the satellite craters Heaviside N in the south, Heaviside Z in the north, and the bowl-shaped Heaviside E near the eastern rim. (Credit: Some of the information used in the section feature descriptions was obtained from wikipedia.org. Section 130 and this directory was created by Fran Ridge and Ned Haskin of The Lunascan Project).

            

USEFUL TOOLS:
Lunar Farside Chart [300 dpi] (NASA/LPI)
Farside Image Composite [1600 dpi] (NASA/LRO)
Farside-contour-map-gray2800.jpg
lunascan.com/lunascan/LAC_maps.htm (Bob Garfinkle) *
planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Moon1to1MAtlas

CRATERS:
Aitken, 135 km
Heaviside, 165 km
Zwicky, 150 km

LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar & Planetary Institute:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/ (Atlas)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/ (Photo Gallery)
lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?aitken%7C0
lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?heaviside%7C0 

APOLLO IMAGES:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/ (Apollo Image Atlas)
lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=aitken&sort=
lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=heaviside&sort=

CLEMENTINE IMAGES:
No found.

LUNAR RECONNAISANCE ORBITER IMAGES:
http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/
See reports and images below.

YOU TUBE FLYOVERS:
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RESEARCH UPDATES:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitken_(crater)
nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100112-aitken-crater.html
lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/327-Wrinkle-Ridges-in-Aitken-Crater!.html
lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC98/pdf/1598.pdf
lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/?archives/323-Terraced-Craters-in-Aitken-Crater.html
universetoday.com/82616/sideways-glance-for-lro-provides-spectacular-view-of-aitken-creater/
the-moon.wikispaces.com/ROI+-+Aitken+Crater