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
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The central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor
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Crater Gassendi with central peaks
See also
- List of mountain ranges
- List of features on the Moon
- List of craters on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
- List of valleys on the Moon
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
Notes
- ^ Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).
References
- ^ a b c d e Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. London: Cassell & Co.
- ^ a b c d e f 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)
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- ^ a b c d 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