tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44202073468375310862024-03-14T10:11:28.472-07:00Menelaus platelunar domeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02677190757447124198noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420207346837531086.post-56902578510740998862014-08-17T06:33:00.001-07:002014-08-17T07:10:55.857-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>Menelaus region</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Menelaus bisected domes (termed Menelaus 1-2)</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Raffaello Lena</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Jim Phillips</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Menelaus 1 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">15.75°<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">16.45° </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">17.80° <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">17.57°</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">10x16 ± 0.5
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">13x16 ± 0.5</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 180 ± 20 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> 110 ± 15</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1.6 ± 0.1 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">0.9 ± 0.1</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">The Menelaus rilles are located on an elongated part of slighly elevated
terrain. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Menelaus
1 has an elongated base area of 10 x 16 km<sup>2</sup>, while the dome Menelaus
2 has an elongated base area of 13 x 16 km<sup>2</sup>. The height of the dome
Menelaus 1 was determined to 180 ± <st1:metricconverter productid="20 m" w:st="on">20
m</st1:metricconverter>, </span><span lang="EN-GB">resulting in an average slope of 1.6° ± 0.10°.
The height of the dome Menelaus 2 was determined to
110 ± <st1:metricconverter productid="15 m" w:st="on">15 m</st1:metricconverter>,
yielding a slope of 0.9° ± 0.10°. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">However, </span><span lang="EN-US">these
structures might also be considered as “mare kipukas”. </span><span lang="EN-GB">According to the rheologic model two domes were
originated by effusion rates of 225 and <st1:metricconverter productid="480 m3" w:st="on">480 m<sup>3</sup></st1:metricconverter> s<sup>-1</sup> over a period
of time of 1.6 and 0.6 years, respectively. The inferred rheologic properties
are comparable to those of the class C<sub>2</sub> domes in the Cauchy region
in Mare Tranquillitatis, such as Cauchy ω and τ
and the dome Kepler 1.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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