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1、Name_________________________________________period________LunarSurfaceFeaturesAswecontinueourstudyofthefeaturesoftheMoon,wenowturntotheresourcesoftheInternet.ThousandsofimagesoftheMoonareavailable.UsingwhatyouknowaboutthephysicalnatureoftheMoon,youshouldbeabletoanswertheq
2、uestionsbelow.Itisnotsomuchthatthereisgoingtobearightorwronganswer,butyoushouldbeabletodefendyourinterpretationoftheimages.Therearetwoprimesourcesofimagesthefirst,ofcourseishttp://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/index.htmlwhichisNASA'sApollohistorysite,andtheothersourc
3、eishttp://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/whichistheindexpagefortheLunarandPlanetaryInstitute.Tostartyourinvestigation,gototheLPIsite.First,findagoodimageofthecraterPlato.LunarorbiterimageIV-128-H1isagoodchoice.Platoisaratherlargelunarcraterwithanobviouslyflat,smoo
4、thfloor.ThefactthatonefindsveryfewsmallercraterswithinthewallsofPlatoshouldtellyousomethingabouttherelativeageofPlato.ThoughPlatoisalargecrater,itsfloorisrelativelysmooth.Howisitthatthefloorofthiscratercametohaveitsappearance?FindanimageofthecratercalledPrinz.Noticethefeat
5、urecalledtheHarbingerMountains.northandeastofPrinz.ThesemountainsformpartoftheouteredgeofMareImbrium,andare,ofcourse,higherthanthemare.PlanetaryAstronomyLaboratoryExercisesF.HigginskPrinzisonlypartiallyflooded.WhyisonlythesouthernrimofPrinzflooded?NowfindanimageofBullialdu
6、s,acraterwithaveryinterestingeffectcalledterracingonitsinnerwalls.Whydoesterracingoccurontheinnerwallsofcratersandhowquicklydoyouthinktheterracesmighthaveformed?InOceanusProcellarumonewillfindacrater,whichwasalmostcompletelyobliterated.ThiscraterisnamedLubiniezky.Atthetime
7、offullMoon,weseethisfeatureasabrightringinthedarkmare.WhyisitthatonlytherimsoflargediametercraterssuchasLubiniezkyarestillseenafterthemarehasflooded?LookforagoodimageofthecraterDescartes,whichisinthemiddleofatypicalhighlandregionontheMoon.TheApollosixteenastronautsMattingl
8、yandDukelandedtheirlunarmoduleinthisareatosurveyoneoftheoldestregionsonthelunarsurface.Wh
