presents RUMFORD Farside Directory - Ridge Section 143

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
28.8_S_169.8_W
Section 143 is Rumford, which gets its name from the lunar impact crater located on the far side of the Moon. It is situated to the northwest of the large crater Oppenheimer (Section 153), and to the east-southeast of Orlov (Section 142). This crater lies across the eastern rim of the larger satellite crater Rumford T. The perimeter is somewhat rounded and polygonal in shape, with an outward protrusion along the eastern edge. The inner walls have slumped along the eastern half to produce a shelf along the sides. The interior floor has a lower albedo than the surrounding terrain, and there is a small central ridge near the midpoint. (Credit: Some of the information used in the section feature descriptions was obtained from Wiki.com. (Section 143 and this directory were created by Fran Ridge and Ned Haskin of The Lunascan Project).

USEFUL TOOLS: Lunar Farside Chart [300 dpi] (NASA/LPI) Farside Image Composite [1600 dpi] (NASA/LRO) Farside-contour-map-gray2800.jpg lunascan.com/lunascan/LAC_maps.htm (Bob Garfinkle) * planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Moon1to1MAtlas CRATERS: Rumford, 61 km Walker W., 44 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) lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?rumford%7C0 lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?walker%7C0 APOLLO IMAGES: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/ (Apollo Image Atlas) None located. CLEMENTINE IMAGES: See report below. * LUNAR RECONNAISANCE ORBITER IMAGES: http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/ YOU TUBE FLYOVERS: None found. RESEARCH UPDATES: the-moon.wikispaces.com/Rumford*  Side Directory The Lunascan Project Home Page