南部的月球表面
(原标题: Southern Moonscape)
2024-08-30
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月球的南极在这张详细的望远镜月球景观的左上方。这张照片拍摄于8月23日，俯瞰着崎岖的月球南部高地。这张照片的缩短视角强化了陨石坑密集区域的印象，使陨石坑本身看起来更接近月球边缘的椭圆形。中心附近突出的是直径114公里的莫雷特斯陨石坑。莫雷特斯是月球上最年轻的大型陨石坑，它的内壁呈梯田状，中央山峰高2.1公里，在外观上与更靠北的年轻的第谷陨石坑相似。沿着月球边缘可见的山脉可以高出周围地形约6公里。由于靠近月球南极，陨石坑底部永远被阴影笼罩，预计会有水冰储存，这使得崎岖不平的月球南极地区成为一个受欢迎的勘探目标。
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The Moon's south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across the rugged southern lunar highlands. The view's foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped close to the lunar limb. Prominent near center is 114 kilometer diameter crater Moretus. Moretus is young for a large lunar crater and features terraced inner walls and a 2.1 kilometer high, central peak, similar in appearance to the more northerly young crater Tycho. Mountains visible along the lunar limb at the top can rise about 6 kilometers or so above the surrounding terrain. Close to the lunar south pole, permanently shadowed crater floors with expected reservoirs of water-ice have made the rugged south polar region of the Moon a popular target for exploration.
© Lorand Fenyes