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		CHAMÄLEON + ONJALA OBSERVATORY – LUNAR ATLAS Segment 08 A	back to OVERVIEW HOME CHAMÄLEON

Segment 8 A
Beer, Rima Hadley (Apollo 15) and Palus Putredinis
Segment 8 B
Wallace, Huxley and pyroclastic deposit Copernicus
Segment 8 C
The large domefields Milichius and Hortensius
Segment 8 D
Gruithuisen and putative plateaus north of Tobias Mayer

Moon age 7.7 days - Illumination 45 %

Aristillus, Autolycus
Palus Putredinis

Moon age 8.5 - 9.7 days - Illumination 55 - 67 %

Palus Putredinus
Rima Hadley (Apollo 15)
Beer

Segment 8 A overlaps with Segment 5 D. Here we show further images of this region.

Aristillus - Autolycus and Palus Putredinis Pu 1 - Moon age 7.7 days (45 %)

At a lunar age of about 7.7 days near Aristillus (55 km) and Autolycus (39 km ) two large domes become visible. Autolycus is classified as effusive (no system of rilles) and Aristillus classified as intrusive (extended system of rilles). Autolycus' diameter is about 28 kilometers and it only reaches a height of 75 meters.

Aristillus has a size 58 kilometers and is one of the largest intrusive domes. It is with 85 meters only marginally higher than the Autolycus dome.

On the top right side on the image there is the dome Palus Putredinus 1 between the shadow of two mountains at sunrise. Putredinus 1 is a small effudive dome with a diameter of 7 km and a height of 90 meters.

Moon age 8.5 and 9.5 days - Illumination 55/65 %

Rima Hadley - Pu 1 und Beer - Moon age 8.5 days (55 %)

Rima Hadley is on of the best known and best explored sinousoidal rilles on the Moon. Besides the rille there is the landing site of Apollo 15. The rille has a lenght of 116 km. It arises from a caldera in the arched region to the southwest (in the shadow). The caldera is named Jomo, a male African first name. Hadley C, the crater in the middle of the rille has a diameter of 5.8 kilometers.

Further to the west there is Putredinus 1. Another effusive dome is visible south of the small crater Beer (10 km) on the right side of the image.

LRO Rima Hadley

The LRO image shows the Rima Hadley, the Caldera Jomo and the Apollo 15 landing site with a resolution of 125 m/px.

Rima Hadley - Pu 1 and Beer - Moon age 8.5 days (55 %)

Rima Hadley, Putredinus 1 and Beer 1 at an illumination of 55 %.

Rima Hadley - Pu 1 and Beer - Moon age 9.5 days (65 %)

Now the sun is completely risen over Rima Hadley at this Moon age. The elongated caldera of the sinusoidal rillee becomes visible and is marked in our image. This lighting situation is also very good to observe craterlets in Archimedes (83 km) . In our image about 30 of these small craters are detectable.

	Beer - Moon age 9.7 days (67 %) Archimedes and the dome Beer 1 at an illumination of 67 %.
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