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Ångström is a small lunar impact crater located on the border between Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Imbrium to the east. To the south is a formation of mounts rising out of the maria named the Montes Harbinger. To the east are some wrinkle ridges named the Dorsum Bucher and Dorsum Argand. This crater is bowl-shaped, with a circular rim and inner walls that slope down to the small central floor. It has a higher albedo than the surrounding maria

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A demi-culverin or saker was a 17th Century term for a cannon which fired a 9-pound solid shot (a culverin fired an 18-pound shot). It is first employed by the Flemings in the early 1600s. The tube was about slightly over 3 metres long, and fired a shot 11 cm in diameter and between 4 and 6 kilograms in mass. With a weight of 1640 kg (3600 lb), it had a range of almost 2 km, though its effective range was only about 80 metres. Firing this gun was exceedingly dangerous - many gunners lost their lives to recoiling barrels, and blowback from the touchhole also led to many fatalities.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant NSF-0200852 and by the Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the investigators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or the MPG.

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