Mapping Craters at the Archimedes Crater in the Mare Imbrium

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Mapping Craters at the Archimedes Crater in the Mare Imbrium
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Mapping Craters
at the
Archimedes Crater
in the
Mare Imbrium
Archimedes Crater
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Moon. Sinusoidal Projection.
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Location of Red Bank High School's Project Area at the Archimedes Crater in the Mare Imbrium
Bright Craters
Dark Craters
LROC
Heavy Eroded Craters
Light Eroded Craters
Graph that shows the diameters of craters mapped.
These craters were then used in the Trask Method
(see below) to help in determining ages.
LROC
Rim Wall of Crater
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Diameters of the craters collected during the Project.
Students collected 77,000 craters in 3 weeks.
Diameters of the craters used were comuted in
ArcGIS. Diameters and crater types were used to
Archimedes Crater
LO
LROC
LROC Imagery with LO Imagery shown as a reference. Imagery has been rotated
90 degrees. LO (Lunar Orbiter) imagery was taken in the 60's during the Apollo
Missions. LROC () IMagery is still being collected today. LROC Imagery shown is