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Left. Ridge Section 140; Right: Cropped 1200 dpi USGS
color chart of Section 140
Larger expanded version of color chart above
USGS Charts 2030S-140160
Lunascan Project composite of Sections 140,141,150 & 151
LAC_103_WAC.pdf
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONLarger expanded version of color chart above
USGS Charts 2030S-140160
Lunascan Project composite of Sections 140,141,150 & 151
LAC_103_WAC.pdf
Sierpinski is a 69 km lunar impact crater on the lunar Far Side which lies to the southeast of the huge walled plain Gagarin (out of frame). (See expanded color USGS map above link which I labeled Pavlov Region). To the northwest is the crater O'Day and the Mare Ingenii. Just to the west of Barbier is the prominent but small (unlabelled) crater Wroblewinski (22 km). Sierpinski has undergone some wear, particularly along the southwest where Sierpinski Q intrudes slightly into the inner wall. The rim is higher and the inner wall wider along the eastern side. There is a prominent ridge within the interior that extends from near the midpoint to the northern inner wall. There are several small craters along the inner wall in the north and northwest. Only a small portion of the interior floor along the western half is relatively level. (Credit: Some of the information used in the section feature descriptions was obtained from Wikipedia.org. Section 140 and this directory was created by Fran Ridge and Ned Haskin of The Lunascan Project).
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