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COPERNICUS
Directory - Section 31


BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Copernicus is a spectacular crater formed about 800 million years ago, one of the most prominent centers of bright radiating rays on the Moon. The terraced walls are elevated 900 meters above the surrounding terrain. The depth of the crater is about 3750 m,  and its diameter about 93 km or 58 miles. On the inner side of the wall numerous landslides are found. The crater's shape is approximately hexagonal. A group of central mountains rise to 400 m above the floor.  Check out this section in your Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 89.

wikispaces.com/R%C3%BCkl+31
Rukl zone map page. (Click on above link and add "+"  then the rukl chart #)

EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Since many EBTI's are not kept long on the internet is best to use Google for these images.
Image - Copernicus_mosaic (Sussenbach)
Image - Copernicus (Cazard)
Image - Copernicus Region (Dittmer)
Image - Copernicus, Close-up (Dittmer)
Image - Copernicus (Ferreira)
Image - Copernicus, High-Res 9" S/C (Legault)
Image - Copernicus, photo (Therin)
Image - Copernicus, photo (Therin)

CRATERS IN THIS SECTION:
Copernicus (93 km)
Fauth (12.1 km)
Gay-Lussac (26 km)
Reinhold (48 km)

LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar & Planetary Institute:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/ (Atlas)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/ (Photo Gallery)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/search/?cx=002803415602668413512%3Acu4craz862y&cof=FORID%3A11&sa=Search&q=copernicus (Compilation)

Copernicus
LO2-H162_3
LO2-M162
LO4-121H2
LO4-121H2 / 4121 h2 raw (Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project)
LO4-126H2
LO5-151M
LO5-151M / 5151 m (Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project)
LO5-152M / 5152 m (Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project)

APOLLO IMAGES:
Landing Sites Map
Copernicus
AS12-47-6875
AS12-47-6876
AS12-51-7541
AS12-52-7738
AS12-52-7739
AS12-52-7740
AS17-145-22285
AS17-145-22286
AS17-145-22287
AS17/151/23260.jpg
AS17-151-23260(H) (1972  Image: Better than 1966 "Photo of the Century")

CLEMENTINE IMAGES:
clem2nd/slide_8 (LPI)
clem2nd/slide_9 (LPI)
scle_S09 (LPI)

HST IMAGES:
HST Image of Copernicus - April 1999

LRO IMAGES:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photos_of_the_Moon_by_Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

LUNAR FLYOVERS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=OGZT9IanrRQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=VzF3JikY9KU
Kaguya Taking "Copernicus" by HD TV (HD)

RESEARCH UPDATES:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100930-copernicus-ejecta.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/201000504-copernicus.html
http://www.lroc.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/616-Copernicus-Central-Peak-From-The-West.html
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=40414
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_%28lunar_crater%29
Copernicus & the Canceled Apollo Mission (The Lunascan Project, Fran Ridge)
The Boulders of Copernicus (Lunar Networks)
Lunar Geologic Mapping - lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/2021.pdf
Copernicus - Brief report from 50 Views (The Lunascan Project)
Copernicus - An extensive report (Lunascan Project)
A Closer Look At Copernicus (Lunascan)
Photo Of The Century (Lunascan)
AS17-151-23260 - Oblique view shows Copernicus as being type example (SP-362)
AS17-2444(M)- Oblique view across M. Imbrium at Copernicus and Pytheas (SP-362)
Copernicus and lo2_h162_123 (The Moon - Lunar Orbiter 2)
Copernicus and lo2 h162_3 (The Moon - Lunar Orbiter 2)
Copernicus and lo2_m162 (The Moon - Lunar Orbiter 2)
AS17-3067(P) - Rimmed depression north of Copernicus (SP-362,228)
HST Images The Moon - April 1999

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