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Bullialdus/Palus Epidemiarum/Dome kies pi, Toni Adrover

Bullialdus/Palus Epidemiarum/Dome kies pi

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Bullialdus/Palus Epidemiarum/Dome kies pi, Toni Adrover

Bullialdus/Palus Epidemiarum/Dome kies pi

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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The main objective of this image was to capture dome Kies Pi , a true extinct lunar volcano.Located between crater Kies and the pair Campanus/Mercator , is a typical effusive dome with a summit crater (diameter about 2 km). It has a diameter of 13.5 kilometers and a height of 160 meters.

Inside crater Capuanus in Palus Epidemiarum there is another volcanic dome visible in this image, and this is one of the few effusive domes inside a crater, it has a small summit caldera and a diameter of only 7 kilometers with a height of 100 meters.

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