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IN 1965, Baldwin1 investigated the relationship between diameter and depths for some lunar craters from Ranger VII photographs. He used the values from the Ranger Lunar Charts (RLC) published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center. Baldwin found that the diameter–depth relationship for these craters may be represented by the equation 
where D and d are the logarithmic diameter and depth of craters in feet.
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Baldwin, R. B., Astron. J., 70, 545 (1965).
“Ranger” VII Photographs of the Moon, Part II, Camera “B” Series (Photographic Edition) (Jet Prop. Lab., Calif. Inst. of Technology, 1964). “Ranger” VIII Photographs of the Moon (Photographic Edition, Camera “B”) (1965). “Ranger” IX Photographs of the Moon (Photographic Edition, Camera “B”) (1965).
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BOUŠKA, J. Crater Diameter–Depth Relationship from Ranger Lunar Photographs. Nature 213, 166 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213166a0
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