Aberrystwyth University

 

 BASIN & BURIED CRATER PROJECT

In conjunction with the British Astronomical Association (BAA) Lunar Section & Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) Lunar Section

 

 

 

 

Purpose

 

The aim here is to discover previously unknown lunar impact basins, or buried (ghost) craters, to catalogue them and characterize them. The basin catalogue will be a compilation of newly found basins, with basins published in journals or suspected over the last few decades by amateur astronomers. Some estimate of how certain that these are basins and buried craters will be given along with other physical parameters. This will be an iterative process so the tables will be changing quite a bit over time – so if citing them, please include the date given with each table.

 

TABLE 1 – Impact Basins

Version:

2024Jan02

Basin

Far/Near Side

Lon

E/W

Lat

E/W

Diam (km)

Status

Age

Type

No. Rings

Col-SR1

Col-SR2

Col-SS1

Col-SS2

Ref

Aestuum

N

9

W

11

N

330

 

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Al-Khwarizmi-King

F

112

E

1

N

590

Uncertain

PN

MRing

3

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Amundsen-Ganswindt

F

120

E

81

S

335

Probable

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,4,5]

Antoniadi

F

172

W

70

S

140

Known

UIm

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Apollo

F

152

W

36

S

537

Known

PN

PRing

3

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Asperitatis

N

27

W

8

S

730

Proposed

 

MRing

3

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Australe

N

93

E

39

S

880

Probable

PN

MRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Australe_N

N

70

E

16

S

1087

 

 

MRing

3

 

 

 

 

[5]

Bailly

N

69

W

67

S

300

Probable

N

PRing

2

82

82

 

 

[1,2,5]

Bailly-Newton

N

41

W

77

S

402

Uncertain

PN

 

2

 

 

 

 

[2,4,5]

Balmer-Kapteyn

N

70

E

15

S

500

Uncertain

PN

MRing

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Bartels-Voskresensky

F

92

W

28

N

290

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

[1]

Beijernick-Keeler

F

157

E

10

S

205

Uncertain

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

[23]

Belkovich

N

90

E

62

N

205

Proposed

N

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Birkhoff

F

146

W

59

N

325

Probable

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Campbell

F

153

E

46

N

237

 

 

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Clavius

N

6

W

59

S

220

 

N

Proto

2

17

39

164

192

[1,5]

Compton

F

104

E

55

N

175

Known

LIm

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Cognitum

N

22

W

11

S

350

Uncertain

PN

 

1

39

39

182

182

[3]

Copernicus-H

N

18

W

7

N

260

 

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Coulomb-Sarton

F

123

W

52

N

440

Uncertain

PN

MRing

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Crisium

N

59

E

17

N

740

Known

N

MRing

5

315

320

100

120

[1,2,5]

Cruger-Sirsalis

N

66

W

15

S

400

Proposed

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,4,5,8]

Dalmbert

F

165

E

51

N

232

 

N

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Deslandres

N

5

W

33

S

220

 

 

MRing

3

7

13

171

182

[1,5]

Dirichlet-Jackson

F

158

W

14

N

470

Proposed

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,4,5]

Fecunditatis

N

51

E

8

S

690

Uncertain

PN

MRing

3

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Fermi

F

123

E

20

S

241

 

 

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Fitzgerald-Jackson

F

170

W

23

N

400

Proposed

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,4,5]

Flamsteed-Billy

N

45

W

7

S

570

Uncertain

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[2,5,16]

Fowler-Charlier

F

139

W

37

N

316

 

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,4,5]

Freundlich-Sharonov

F

175

E

19

N

600

Uncertain

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Gagarin

F

149

E

18

S

256

 

 

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Galois

F

152

E

14

S

210

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

[1]

Gauss

N

36

E

79

N

178

 

N

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[5]

Grimaldi

N

68

W

6

S

172

Known

PN

PRing

3

72

72

 

 

[1,2,5]

Grissom-White

F

161

W

44

S

600

Uncertain

PN

 

1

 

 

 

 

[2]

Harkhebi

F

99

E

40

N

280

 

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Hertzsprung

F

129

W

3

N

570

Known

N

MRing

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Hind-Almanon

N

12

E

10

S

281

Uncertain

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

[6,17]

Humboldt

N

81

E

27

S

206

Proposed

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Humboldtianum

N

82

E

57

N

650

Known

N

MRing

6

 

 

109

109

[1,2,5,13]

Humorum

N

39

W

24

S

425

Known

N

MRing

6

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Imbrium

N

16

W

33

N

1160

Known

Im

MRing

6

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Ingenii

F

164

E

34

S

315

Probable

PN

MRing

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,3]

Insularum

N

31

W

8

N

600

Uncertain

PN

 

2

 

 

 

 

[2]

Iridium

N

32

W

45

N

252

 

Im

PRing

1

32

44

196

208

[1,5]

Janssen

N

41

E

45

S

219

 

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[5]

Keeler-Heaviside

F

162

E

10

S

500

Uncertain

PN

Proto

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Kohlschutter-Lenov

F

158

W

13

N

400

Proposed

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

[4]

Korolev

F

157

W

4

S

440

Known

N

PRing

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Lamont

N

23

E

5

N

370

 

N

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Landau

F

119

W

42

N

236

 

N

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Leibnitz

F

179

E

38

S

247

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

[1]

Lomonosov-Fleming

F

105

E

19

N

620

Proposed

PN

MRing

1

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Lorentz

F

95

W

33

N

365

Known

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Marginis

N

86

E

13

N

580

Uncertain

PN

MRing

1

 

 

 

 

[2,5,14]

Medii

N

1

E

1

N

326

 

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Mendeleev

F

142

E

5

N

325

Probable

N

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Mendel-Rydberg

N

94

W

50

S

630

Known

N

MRing

3

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5,11]

Milne

F

113

E

31

S

272

Probable

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Mitchell-Keldysh

N

29

E

50

N

449

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[23]

Moscoviense

F

149

E

27

N

420

Known

N

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Mutus-Vlacq

N

21

E

52

S

700

Probable

PN

MRing

3

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Nectaris

N

36

E

15

S

333

Known

N

MRing

5

330

330

144

144

[1,2,5,23]

Nubium

N

17

W

21

S

690

Uncertain

N

MRing

4

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Oppenheimer

F

166

W

35

S

206

Proposed

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Orientale

N

93

W

19

S

930

Known

Im

MRing

6

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Orientale_SW

F

109

W

28

S

276

 

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Pasteur

F

105

W

12

S

231

 

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[5]

Pingre-Hausen

N

82

W

56

S

300

Uncertain

PN

 

1

 

 

 

 

[2]

Planck

F

137

E

58

S

314

Probable

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Poczobutt

F

100

W

58

N

225

 

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Poincare

N

164

E

57

S

325

Known

PN

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Procellarum

N

15

W

23

N

3200

Uncertain

PN

 

1

 

 

 

 

[2]

Riemann-Fabry

F

99

E

41

N

320

Uncertain

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

[4]

Rupes_Recta

N

7

W

23

S

212

 

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Schickard

N

55

W

45

S

206

 

N

Proto

2

62

72

 

 

[1,5]

Schiller-Zucchius

N

45

W

56

S

335

Known

PN

PRing

2

54

55

224

224

1,2,5,17-22,24

Schrodinger

F

132

E

75

S

312

Known

Im

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Schrodinger-Zeeman

F

165

W

81

S

250

Proposed

N

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Schwarzschild

F

121

E

70

N

212

Probable

N

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Serenitatis

N

18

E

28

N

920

Probable

N

MRing

5

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Sikorsky-Rittenhouse

N

111

E

68

S

310

Uncertain

N

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5]

Smythii

N

88

E

1

N

740

Probable

PN

MRing

5

 

 

 

 

[1,2,5,14,15,23]

South Pole-Aitken

F

169

W

53

S

2400

Known

PN

 

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2]

Sylvester-Nansen

N

45

E

83

N

400

Uncertain

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

[2,4]

Szilard_North

F

106

E

34

N

200

Proposed

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

[1]

TOPO-13

F

147

E

37

S

220

 

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

TOPO-22

F

179

E

49

N

500

Proposed

 

PRing

2

 

 

 

 

[1,5]

Tranquillitatis

N

31

E

9

N

700

Uncertain

PN

Mring

3

 

 

 

 

[2,5]

Tsiolkovskiy-Stark

F

128

E

15

S

700

Uncertain

PN

 

1

 

 

 

 

[2]

Vaporum

N

3

E

14

N

410

 

N

PRing

2

3

6

 

 

[1,5,9]

von_Karman_M

F

176

E

47

S

255

 

 

Proto

2

 

 

 

 

[1,2]

Wegner-Winlock

F

109

W

42

N

300

Uncertain

 

Proto

1

 

 

 

 

[1,4,5]

Werner-Airy

N

12

E

24

S

500

Uncertain

PN

MRing

3

 

 

143

150

[2,5,7,10-12]

 

A downloadable Excel version will be made available here

 

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Neumann et al. (2015) Sci. Adv., e1500582.

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https://the-moon.us/wiki

3

Heisinger, H. et al. (2003) J. Geoph. Research. 108 (E7): 5065.

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Cook, A.C. et al. (2002) LPSC XXXIII Abstract #1281.

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J. Liu et al. (2022) Icarus 378, 114952.

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15

https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac51e2

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17

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BAA Lunar Section Circular & ALPO The Lunar Observer - 2023 May

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The Largest Crater on the face of the Moon”, 1976, JBAA, Vol 86, p471-474

20

Lowman, P.D., Lunar Panorama, Zurich, 1969

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Stuart-Alexander, D.E., and Howard, K.A., Icarus, 12, 440 (1970)

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Chilvers, A. (2023) Searching for Impact Basins on the Moon. Mphys Project report, Aberysywth University.

24

BAA Lunar Section Circular & ALPO The Lunar Observer - 2022 Oct

 

 

 

Table 2 – Buried Craters

 

 

Version:

2024 Jan 02

Crater

Far/Near Side

Lon

E/W

Lat

N/S

Diam (km)

Wt

Status

Age

Col-SR1

Col-SR2

Col-SS1

Col-SS2

Ref

QCMA 1

N

19.0

W

73.7

N

39

4

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3,7

PFC 39

N

23.6

W

66.6

N

60

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 2

N

9.8

W

63.7

N

146

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 38

N

18.9

W

63.4

N

36

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 3

N

23.6

W

62.1

N

82

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 37

N

27.6

W

61.8

N

40

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 40

N

9.7

W

61.1

N

39

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 4

N

1.7

W

58.9

N

167

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 5

N

11.4

E

58.3

N

121

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 6

N

20.2

E

55.7

N

181

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 49

N

68.0

W

55.6

N

56

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 7

N

31.4

W

55.4

N

101

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 8

N

6.0

W

54.3

N

143

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 51

N

28.3

W

53.5

N

38

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 11

N

43.5

W

52.7

N

40

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 9

N

1.9

W

52.6

N

34

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 10

N

21.4

E

51.8

N

65

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 13

N

9.4

W

51.7

N

100

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 10

N

73.6

W

48.8

N

128

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 11

N

30.5

E

48.7

N

129

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 13

N

60.2

W

47.8

N

114

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 22

N

55.0

E

47.7

N

98

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3,9

Cook 2

N

84.1

W

47.4

N

44

2

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

18

Ancient Newton

N

8.4

W

47.3

N

125

6

Uncertain

 

9

16

180

187

11

QCMA 14

N

55.6

W

47.3

N

92

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 12

N

62.0

E

46.7

N

80

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 15

N

45.7

W

46.7

N

79

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 14 / Gerard Q

N

83.2

W

46.6

N

67

10

Certain

 

 

 

 

 

3,18

QCMA 16

N

72.4

W

46.0

N

148

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 23

N

58.4

E

45.5

N

90

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 24

N

51.6

E

45.1

N

53

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 102

N

66.9

W

44.8

N

77

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 17

N

58.1

W

44.5

N

90

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3,7

Unknown

N

39.6

E

44.4

N

16

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

 

QCMA 103

N

50.0

W

44.1

N

120

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 48

N

76.5

W

43.6

N

91

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 20

N

62.1

W

43.1

N

85

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 18

N

1.9

E

43.1

N

100

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 25

N

47.3

E

43.1

N

39

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 21

N

28.2

E

42.3

N

43

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 19

N

17.7

E

42.1

N

96

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 20

N

37.3

E

42.0

N

35

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 22

N

21.7

E

41.7

N

80

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 21

N

39.0

E

41.6

N

26

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Earhart

N

21.8

E

41.2

N

120

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

1,12

QCMA 23

N

58.8

W

40.8

N

50

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 25

N

41.7

E

40.5

N

52

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 104

N

49.3

W

40.5

N

88

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 24

N

53.5

W

40.0

N

41

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Foldvari 1

1

30.0

E

40.0

N

102

3

Uncertain

 

149

150

 

 

13

Anunziato 1

N

33.8

E

39.6

N

24

1

Uncertain

 

96

96

335

337

10,13

PFC 50

N

75.8

W

39.4

N

48

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 94

N

4.1

E

39.4

N

104

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 41

N

35.1

W

38.8

N

79

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 6

N

81.2

W

38.1

N

68

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 26

N

63.8

W

38.1

N

91

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Unknown

N

54

W

37.9

N

8

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

 

QCMA 27

N

44.6

W

35.8

N

65

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Unknown

N

46.3

W

35.7

N

20

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

 

PFC 7

N

79.3

W

34.1

N

41

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 28

N

67.6

W

33.9

N

148

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Unknown

N

48.2

W

33.3

N

55

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

2

PFC 8

N

82.1

W

32.7

N

57

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 26

N

44.2

E

31.8

N

40

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 29

N

63.0

W

29.9

N

100

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 27

N

31.6

E

29.8

N

48

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 12

N

4.0

W

29.7

N

82

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 16

N

51.9

W

29.3

N

47

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 5

N

84.2

W

28.7

N

38

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 93

N

13.0

E

28.6

N

142

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 2

N

75.5

W

26.5

N

103

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 4

N

69.2

W

26.5

N

37

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 15

N

44.1

W

25.5

N

45

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 31

N

35.1

E

25.2

N

89

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 30

N

64.1

W

25.0

N

83

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 96

N

20.5

W

23.8

N

48

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 3

N

76.8

W

23.6

N

171

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 32

N

50.7

W

23.3

N

106

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 1

N

71.9

W

21.7

N

128

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 34

N

17.3

W

21.6

N

125

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 33

N

48.2

W

21.3

N

102

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 35

N

53.5

W

20.6

N

53

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 37

N

10.2

W

19.9

N

129

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 36

N

23.6

W

19.9

N

82

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 38

N

58.5

W

18.1

N

53

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 39

N

54.3

W

17.2

N

76

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 40

N

16.2

W

17.0

N

131

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 41

N

65.0

W

16.9

N

56

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 28

N

36.1

E

16.7

N

63

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 42

N

49.9

W

16.1

N

74

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 43

N

34.3

E

15.9

N

78

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 97

N

5.2

W

15.9

N

114

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 31

N

0.2

W

15.2

N

30

2

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3,16

QCMA 44

N

43.9

W

15.2

N

60

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 46

N

37.7

E

14.2

N

45

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 45

N

52.7

W

14.1

N

87

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 48

N

30.2

E

13.7

N

112

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 47

N

20.9

E

13.1

N

42

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 49

N

36.3

W

12.5

N

88

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 92

N

3.0

E

12.4

N

178

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 51

N

34.1

E

11.3

N

104

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 29

N

27.8

E

11.2

N

54

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 50

N

8.5

W

11.2

N

230

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 53

N

27.3

W

10.8

N

114

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 18

N

13.8

W

10.5

N

68

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 52

N

45.4

E

10.2

N

68

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 54

N

55.7

W

9.1

N

118

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 30

N

15.2

E

9.1

N

72

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

Unknown

N

65.1

W

8.6

N

81

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

 

QCMA 56

N

31.1

E

8.5

N

84

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 57

N

51.6

W

8.3

N

82

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 55

N

25.1

E

8.1

N

95

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 58

N

18.3

W

7.3

N

175

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 59

N

28.1

E

6.9

N

75

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 61

N

65.8

W

6.8

N

116

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 60

N

13.0

W

6.5

N

89

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 9

N

1.6

W

5.5

N

47

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 62

N

30.9

E

5.4

N

82

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 63/Lamont

N

24.5

E

4.9

N

137

10

Certain

 

 

 

 

 

3,15

PFC 19

N

36.7

W

4.6

N

30

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 17

N

41.5

W

3.5

N

57

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 64

N

59.3

W

2.7

N

31

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 65

N

65.2

E

2.2

N

61

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 67

N

10.3

W

1.1

N

88

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 66

N

43.4

W

0.9

N

144

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 99

N

59.3

E

0.9

N

115

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 98

N

0.9

E

0.6

N

209

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Anunziato 2

N

67.4

W

4.6

S

48

1

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

7

Gabriel 1

N

9.7

E

53.4

S

81

2

Uncertain

 

 

 

141

141

5,6,14

Cook 1

N

14.6

E

54.4

S

80

1

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

14

QCMA 90

N

71.9

W

33.0

S

123

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 44

N

13.6

W

29.8

S

95

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 45

N

22.6

W

26.3

S

47

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 89

N

14.7

W

23.1

S

51

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Nicolet-Thebit

N

6.8

W

22.3

S

212

 

Proposed

 

11

14

179

188

 

QCMA 88

N

66.3

E

21.2

S

62

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 87

N

7.2

W

19.9

S

104

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 46

N

17.3

W

19.3

S

35

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 86

N

13.1

W

17.5

S

47

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Albert 4

N

27.4

W

16.6

S

37

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

8

PFC 42

N

17.6

W

16.4

S

50

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 85

N

53.6

W

15.7

S

33

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 84

N

15.1

W

14.5

S

86

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 83

N

29.0

W

13.3

S

157

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 82

N

53.2

E

12.7

S

49

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 81

N

17.4

W

12.4

S

46

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 36

N

58.0

W

11.8

S

63

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 43

N

14.2

W

11.7

S

56

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

Albert 1

N

35.0

E

11.2

S

25

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

8

Albert 3

N

32.2

E

10.8

S

52

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

8

PFC 32/Letronne

N

42.5

W

10.5

S

118

10

Certain

 

 

 

 

 

3,17

QCMA 79

N

50.4

W

10.5

S

62

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

Albert 2

N

35.3

E

10.5

S

23

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

8

QCMA 80

N

53.1

W

10.1

S

72

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 35

N

35.4

W

9.6

S

66

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3,8

Unknown

N

11.5

W

8.7

S

11

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

 

QCMA 78

N

40.2

W

8.1

S

106

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 91

N

26.9

E

8.0

S

300

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 95

N

50.6

E

7.9

S

161

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 100

N

33.5

E

7.8

S

140

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 77

N

20.3

W

7.8

S

104

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 76

N

44.4

W

7.4

S

131

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 34

N

39.0

W

6.6

S

62

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 47

N

16.9

W

6.1

S

89

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

Sinus Asperitatis

N

28.2

E

5.4

S

87

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

 

QCMA 75

N

51.9

E

4.8

S

106

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 72

N

57.5

W

4.2

S

50

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 71

N

51.1

W

4.1

S

126

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 70

N

39.5

W

4.0

S

129

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 73

N

26.5

W

3.9

S

127

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 101

N

63.8

W

3.4

S

76

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 74

N

20.5

E

3.4

S

82

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

PFC 33

N

44.2

W

3.4

S

105

 

Uncertain

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 69

N

43.9

E

3.1

S

103

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

QCMA 68

N

14.8

W

2.6

S

123

 

Proposed

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

Abbreviation

Description

QMCA

Quasi-Circular Mass Anomaly

PFC

Partly Filled Craters

 

 

A downloadable Excel version is available here

 

References:

Ref No.

Reference

1

Sood, R. et al (2015) 46th LPSC Abstract #1883

2

Personal Communication from Tom Sato (Japan)

3

Evans,A. J., J. M. Soderblom, J. C. Andrews-Hanna, S. C. Solomon, and M. T. Zuber (2016), Identification of buried lunar impact craters from GRAIL data and implications for the nearside maria, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 2445–2455, doi:10.1002/2015GL067394.

4

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2022 May

5

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Jul

6

BAA Lunar Section Circular 1967 Oct Vol 2, No. 11, p3

7

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2022 Sep

8

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2022 Oct

9

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Apr

10

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 May

11

https://the-moon.us/wiki

12

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2022 Jul

13

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Jun

14

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Aug

15

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Sep

16

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Oct

17

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2023 Nov

18

BAA Lunar Section Circular and ALPO TLO 2024 Jan

 

 

Resources:

 

Observing is a great way to find basins and buried craters, especially near the moring or evening terminators when the Sun is coming in at an angle and highlighting shallow relief features. Sketches or images should be sent in if you have found a basin or buried crater that is not listed in the two tables above. Please give the date, UT, the centre of the basin or buried crater, and its diameter in km.

 

 LTVT Lunar Terminator Visualization Tool – a really useful program for generating synthetic views of the Moon and many other cartographic purposes.

 

QuickMap is a wonderful webpage produced by ACT for NASA. If you click on the layers symbol (3 horizontal bars in the top left), and then select ACT Layers (Experimental), then tick Terrain Hillshade and then click on the word Hillshade, up will come a couple of sliders that let you change the angle of solar illumination from the zenith (close to 90 is sunrise/set) and azimuth (direction). Like LTVT this is an excellent way to go hunting for basins when it is cloudy.

 

Archive Material – read through back issues of the BAA Lunar Section Circular, ALPO’s The Lunar Observer, the BAA Journal, ALPO’s Strolling Astronomer, Sky and Telescope, etc looking for  mentions of suspected basins or buried craters. Please email them into me when you find them so I can add them to the list – don’t forget to include the publication details and page No(s) etc.

 

 

 

Useful References:

 

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University of Aberystwyth

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