List of mountains on the Moon
This is a list of mountains on the Moon (with a scope including all named mons and montes, planetary science jargon terms roughly equivalent to 'isolated mountain'/'massif' and 'mountain range').
Caveats
- This list is not comprehensive, as surveying of the Moon is a work in progress.
- Heights are in meters; most peaks have not been surveyed with the precision of a single meter.
- Mountains on the Moon have heights and elevations/altitudes defined relative to various vertical datums (referring to the lunoid), each in turn defined relative to the center of mass (CoM) of the Moon.
- c. 1960 — the U.S. Army Mapping Service datum was established 1,737,988 meters from the CoM.
- c. 1970 — the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters.
- c. 1990 — The Clementine topographic data use 1,737,400 meters as the baseline, and show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon.
- This is not a list of the highest places on the Moon, meaning those farthest from the CoM. Rather, it is a list of peaks at various heights relative to the relevant datum. This is because the Moon has mass asymmetries: the highest point, located on the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6,500 meters higher than Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).
List
Gallery
The central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor
Crater Gassendi with central peaks
See also
Notes
- ↑ Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. London: Cassell & Co.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fred W. Price (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
- ↑ Patrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as 16,000 feet (4,900 m); Fred Price as 14,000 feet (4,300 m)
- 1 2 61A2S1(50), Grace. Lunar Topophotomap Series. Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency, Topographic Center. Scale: 1:50,000. Projection: Transverse Mercator.
- ↑ Mons Gruithuisen Gamma, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ↑ LROC Quickmap, DEM contours layer
- ↑ Shaffer, David (May 25, 2006). "Apollo 15 Surface Journal: Landing at Hadley". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- 1 2 3 4 The Moon's Highs and Lows
- ↑ Wöhler, C.; Lena, R.; Pau, K. C. (March 12–16, 2007). "The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement". Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII. League City, Texas: Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co. p. 1091. Bibcode:2007LPI....38.1091W. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
External links
- List of named lunar mountains in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
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