南方月景
Southern Moonscape
來源:Lorand Fenyes|發表日期:2024-08-30
在這幅細緻的望遠鏡月景圖中,月球南極位於左上方。它拍攝於 8 月 23 日,俯瞰崎嶇不平的月球南部高地。該視角的前縮透視增強了隕石坑密集的印象,並使隕石坑本身在靠近月邊的地方顯得更加橢圓。靠近中心的突出部分是直徑 114 公里的莫雷塔斯環形山。莫雷圖斯是一個年輕的大型月面環形山,其特點是內壁呈階梯狀,中央有一個 2 . 1 公里高的山峰,在外觀上與更靠北的年輕環形山 "第谷"(Tycho)相似。沿著月球邊緣可以看到山峰,山峰頂部高出周圍地形約 6 公里。在靠近月球南極的地方,隕石坑底部長期有陰影,預計會有水冰儲藏,這使得月球南極崎嶇不平的地區成為人們探索的熱門目標。
原文:The Moon's south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across the rugged southern lunar highlands. The view's foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped close to the lunar limb. Prominent near center is 114 kilometer diameter crater Moretus. Moretus is young for a large lunar crater and features terraced inner walls and a 2.1 kilometer high, central peak, similar in appearance to the more northerly young crater Tycho. Mountains visible along the lunar limb at the top can rise about 6 kilometers or so above the surrounding terrain. Close to the lunar south pole, permanently shadowed crater floors with expected reservoirs of water-ice have made the rugged south polar region of the Moon a popular target for exploration.
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