Janssen                             Earth-based telescopic image                          Cropped Lunar Orbiter image .

Larger version of above by Legault  Janssen_m.jpg

Full-sized version of Lunar Orbiter image LO4-71H2

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Brief

Janssen is a large walled plain with considerable eroded walls, 190 km in diameter. In the photo at top left Janssen is the larger & shallow one with crtaers inside. On the floor, there is a mountain massif and a system of rilles. The largest of the rilles is visible through a small telescope, its length is 110 km and it is up to 6 km wide. The cropped overhead LO4 image shows Janssen covering the full SW quadrant.

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