 Oblique view of western Dirichlet–Jackson Basin from Apollo 11. Raimond is near the central horizon. | |
| Coordinates | 14°00′N 158°00′W / 14.0°N 158.0°W / 14.0; -158.0 |
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| Diameter | 470 km |
| Eponym | Dirichlet and Jackson craters |
The Dirichlet–Jackson Basin is a pre-Nectarian impact basin on the far side of the Moon. It is named after the craters Dirichlet (on the southeast margin) and Jackson (northwest of the basin). It lies to the north of the similar-sized basin Korolev.
The basin is not obvious on the lunar surface due to being obscured by subsequent impacts. It was confirmed by topographic mapping by the Clementine spacecraft in 2000. The existence of the basin was confirmed by the GRAIL spacecraft.
Craters within the basin include Raimond, Bredikhin, Mitra, and Henyey (adjacent to Dirichlet), as well as many satellite craters. Due south of the basin is Engel'gardt (and the Selenean summit). To the southwest are Lebedinskiy and Zhukovskiy, and McMath is to the northwest. To the northeast is Mach, and to the southeast is Tsander.
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Topographic map
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Gravity map based on GRAIL
External links
- KAGUYA Taking Around 'Jackson', HD video of SELENE crossing the basin and Jackson crater
References
- ^ Planet-Wide Lunar Digital Elevation Model, A. C. Cook, M. S. Robinson, and T. R. Watters. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI, paper 1978, 2000.
- Neumann, Gregory A.; Zuber, Maria T.; Wieczorek, Mark A.; Head, James W.; Baker, David M. H.; Solomon, Sean C.; Smith, David E.; Lemoine, Frank G.; Mazarico, Erwan; et al. (2015). "Lunar impact basins revealed by Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory measurements". Science Advances. 1 (9): e1500852. Bibcode:2015SciA....1E0852N. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500852. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 4646831. PMID 26601317.