tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81427135519940572552024-03-18T20:16:36.553-07:00Kepler platelunar domeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02677190757447124198noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142713551994057255.post-581372935800026192014-06-18T11:14:00.000-07:002018-08-20T07:35:19.719-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Kepler region</b></span><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kepler
dome (termed Kepler 1) and Encke dome (termed Encke 1)</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">By Mike Wirths</span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>by Paolo Lazzarotti</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>by Mike Wirths</b></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Dome </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Longitude </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Heigth [m] </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Slope[°] </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kepler 1 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Encke 1</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">-39.53° </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">-36.76°</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">-08.88° </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">03.55°</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">13.9 ± 0.5</span></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>33 x 30</b></span><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>± 0.5</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">170 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">± 2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">0</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">180 </span></span></b><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>± 20 </b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1.4 ± 0.1 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">0.62</span></b><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>± 0.1</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Kepler 1, with its moderate slope of 1.4° ± 0.1°, diameter of 13.9 km ±
0.5 km, lies in an area of relatively thin lavas fails to completely cover
hummocky Imbrian basin ejecta. It is a degraded dome with several craterlets on
its summit. The rheologic model indicates a moderate lava viscosity and belongs
to class C</span>2<span style="font-size: large;"> domes like some domes in Mare Tranquillitatis, such as Cauchy τ and
ω. The rheologic modelling results indicate that the dome was produced by
magmas ascending at low speed from magma reservoirs located at great depth
below the lunar crust. </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: large;">The dome Encke 1 (En 1) is 180 m high, while the average slope angle corresponds to 0.62°. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Furthermore, the flat appearance of En1 suggests that the rising magmas did not build up a dome through a series of flows, but that it was more likely formed by rising magma collecting in a reservoir, forming a subsurface intrusion.The dome En1 is associated with two graben traversing its northeastern summit and the central summit, respectively. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Due to its large diameter and edifice volume, the dome En1 matches the properties derived for putative intrusive dome belonging to group In1. </span><br />
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