IWLOP #103 - Reinhold & Lansberg

Mare Cognitum, the “Known Sea,” was named in 1964 to mark the successful flight of the Ranger 7 spacecraft, which sent back the first detailed television pictures of the lunar surface. Kuiper, located in central Cognitum, is an excellent example of a small, simple crater.

Location: 3.3 N 22.8 W    Origin: Impact     Size: 48 km (Reinhold), 39 km (Lansberg)   Rukl: 31, 42     Type: Simple Crater (CS)

Objects: Reinhold, Lansberg, Luna 5 landing site

Location: Home
Date: 2020-08-28
Time: 9:02 PM ADT
Equipment: 10” Meade SCT
Eyepiece: Explore Scientific 12mm with 92° FOV
Magnification: x210
Seeing: Very Good (4)
Transparency: Very Good (4)

R1: Reinhold: deep terraces; some of the surfaces were bright which initially made me mistakenly think they were well-lit craters. Central peaks are small.
R2: Lansberg: deep terraces with 2-3 central peaks that are much larger than those in Reinhold. Lansberg slightly smaller than Reinhold.

C1: Easily located two small central peaks in Reinhold.
C2: The Luna 5 landing site was SE of Lansberg in what appeared to be a plain in a fairly rough terrain area.

 

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