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=Montes Apenninus=
 
=Montes Apenninus=
''(current [/IAU IAU] name; former IAU name: '''Apennines'''; informally: '''Apennine Mountains''')''<br />  
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''(current [[IAU|IAU]] name; former IAU name: '''Apennines'''; informally: '''Apennine Mountains''')''<br />  
 
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Lat: 18.9°N, Long: 3.7°W, Diam: 401 km, Height: 5.4 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2022 Rükl: 22]<br />
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Lat: 18.9°N, Long: 3.7°W, Diam: 401 km, Height: 5.4 km, [[R%C3%BCkl%2022|Rükl: 22]]<br />
 
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=91&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_ApennineComposite.jpg|external image normal_ApennineComposite.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-91 Tom Bash]''<br /> <div id="toc">
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=91&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_ApennineComposite.jpg|external image normal_ApennineComposite.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-91 Tom Bash]''<br /> <div id="toc">
=Table of Contents=
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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Montes Apenninus Montes Apenninus]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Lunar Image of the Week (Apollo Image Archive, Arizona State University) Lunar Image of the Week (Apollo Image Archive, Arizona State University)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Lunar 100 Lunar 100]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Montes Apenninus-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div><br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Montes%20Apenninus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Montes%20Apenninus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Montes%20Apenninus Apollo Images] [http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p4_e.php?f_id=15973&mode=level&time=N&genre=5&category=5025 Kaguya HDTV] [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20080930.html ASU Apollo Image Archive]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Montes%20Apenninus LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Montes%20Apenninus%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Montes%20Apenninus Apollo Images] [http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p4_e.php?f_id=15973&mode=level&time=N&genre=5&category=5025 Kaguya HDTV] [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20080930.html ASU Apollo Image Archive]<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 41D3)''[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac41/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I463/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm41/ LM map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 41D3)''[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac41/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I463/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm41/ LM map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])''THE APENNINES.-- by far the most magnificent range on the visible surface, including as they do some 3000 peaks, and extending in an almost continuous curve of more than 400 miles in length from [/Mons%20Hadley Mount Hadley], on the north, to the fine ring-plain Eratosthenes, which forms a fitting termination, on the south. The great headland [/Mons%20Hadley Mount Hadley] rises more than 15,000 feet, while a neighbouring promontory on the south-west of it is fully 14,000 feet, and another, close by, is still higher above the Mare. [/Mons%20Huygens Mount Huygens], again, in N. lat. 20 deg., and the square-shaped mass [/Mons%20Wolff Mount Wolf], near the southern end of the chain, include peaks standing 18,000 and 12,000 feet respectively above the plain, to which their flanks descend with a steep declivity. The counterscarp of the [/Montes%20Apenninus Apennines], in places 160 miles in width from west to east, runs down to the [/Mare%20Vaporum Mare Vaporum] with a comparatively gentle inclination. It is everywhere traversed by winding valleys of a very intricate type, all trending towards the south-east, and includes some bright craters and mountain-rings.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])''THE APENNINES.-- by far the most magnificent range on the visible surface, including as they do some 3000 peaks, and extending in an almost continuous curve of more than 400 miles in length from [[Mons%20Hadley|Mount Hadley]], on the north, to the fine ring-plain Eratosthenes, which forms a fitting termination, on the south. The great headland [[Mons%20Hadley|Mount Hadley]] rises more than 15,000 feet, while a neighbouring promontory on the south-west of it is fully 14,000 feet, and another, close by, is still higher above the Mare. [[Mons%20Huygens|Mount Huygens]], again, in N. lat. 20 deg., and the square-shaped mass [[Mons%20Wolff|Mount Wolf]], near the southern end of the chain, include peaks standing 18,000 and 12,000 feet respectively above the plain, to which their flanks descend with a steep declivity. The counterscarp of the [[Montes%20Apenninus|Apennines]], in places 160 miles in width from west to east, runs down to the [[Mare%20Vaporum|Mare Vaporum]] with a comparatively gentle inclination. It is everywhere traversed by winding valleys of a very intricate type, all trending towards the south-east, and includes some bright craters and mountain-rings.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montes_Apenninus Montes Apenninus]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montes_Apenninus Montes Apenninus]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 5.4 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 5.4 km
* A profile of the '''Apennines''' from south of the [/Apennine%20Bench%20Formation Apennine Bench] to north of [/Mons%20Wolff Mons Wolff] was produced by using [/LTVT LTVT] on an amateur photograph. (Boint 2008. "''Measuring The Apennine Mountains And Rimae Archimedes [Area]''", [http://www.zone-vx.com/tlo_back.html The Lunar Observer], Feb. 2008. p 4-5; or [http://www.zone-vx.com/TLO200802.pdf PDF download]).<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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* A profile of the '''Apennines''' from south of the [[Apennine%20Bench%20Formation|Apennine Bench]] to north of [[Mons%20Wolff|Mons Wolff]] was produced by using [[LTVT|LTVT]] on an amateur photograph. (Boint 2008. "''Measuring The Apennine Mountains And Rimae Archimedes [Area]''", [http://www.zone-vx.com/tlo_back.html The Lunar Observer], Feb. 2008. p 4-5; or [http://www.zone-vx.com/TLO200802.pdf PDF download]).<span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
* The official position and "diameter" for '''Montes Apenninus''' given in the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer] (and repeated at the top of this page) would have the range extending only from near [/Eratosthenes Eratosthenes] to slightly north of [/Mons%20Bradley Mons Bradley]. According to that definition, the region north of that, extending to [/Promontorium%20Fresnel Promontorium Fresnel], falls within the circle of [/Montes%20Haemus Montes Haemus]. However, the hand-labeled [/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas] [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/luna_ccsr.html nearside nomenclature map] (which is supposed to document this nomenclature) follows the traditional system with '''Montes Apenninus''' being the entire range along the southeast shore of [/Mare%20Imbrium Mare Imbrium] and the name [/Montes%20Haemus Montes Haemus] being confined to a relatively minor extension along the southwest shore of [/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]. The length of the traditional '''Montes Apenninus''' is closer to 580 km than to the value given in the ''Gazetteer''. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher] <small>Jan 7, 2008</small></span>
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* The official position and "diameter" for '''Montes Apenninus''' given in the [[IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer|IAU Planetary Gazetteer]] (and repeated at the top of this page) would have the range extending only from near [[Eratosthenes|Eratosthenes]] to slightly north of [[Mons%20Bradley|Mons Bradley]]. According to that definition, the region north of that, extending to [[Promontorium%20Fresnel|Promontorium Fresnel]], falls within the circle of [[Montes%20Haemus|Montes Haemus]]. However, the hand-labeled [[USGS%20Digital%20Atlas|USGS Digital Atlas]] [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/luna_ccsr.html nearside nomenclature map] (which is supposed to document this nomenclature) follows the traditional system with '''Montes Apenninus''' being the entire range along the southeast shore of [[Mare%20Imbrium|Mare Imbrium]] and the name [[Montes%20Haemus|Montes Haemus]] being confined to a relatively minor extension along the southwest shore of [[Mare%20Serenitatis|Mare Serenitatis]]. The length of the traditional '''Montes Apenninus''' is closer to 580 km than to the value given in the ''Gazetteer''. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher <small>Jan 7, 2008</small></span>
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
 
* Named after the terrestrial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apennines Apennines] .
 
* Named after the terrestrial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apennines Apennines] .
* Called '''Riphaeus''' by [/Gassendi Gassendi] in the late 1630s ([/Whitaker Whitaker], p. 33). The word ''riphaeus'' seems most connected with a species of moth from Madagascar; perhaps the Apennines reminded Gassendi of a wing from this moth - pure speculation! <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/tychocrater [[Image:tychocrater-lg.jpg|16px|tychocrater]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/tychocrater tychocrater] <small>Jul 19, 2007</small></span>
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* Called '''Riphaeus''' by [[Gassendi|Gassendi]] in the late 1630s ([[Whitaker|Whitaker]], p. 33). The word ''riphaeus'' seems most connected with a species of moth from Madagascar; perhaps the Apennines reminded Gassendi of a wing from this moth - pure speculation! <span class="membersnap">- tychocrater <small>Jul 19, 2007</small></span>
** Note: As intriguing as this speculation may seem, [/Linn%C3%A9 Linnaeus] did not introduce his Latin system of animal names until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Linnaeus 1735] and this particular moth does not appear to have received its modern name until[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysiridia_rhipheus 1773], more than 100 years after Gassendi's death. Gassendi was more likely aware of the classical associations of this name with a mythical mountain range possibly inspired by the [/Montes%20Riphaeus Ural] range in Asia.
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** Note: As intriguing as this speculation may seem, [[Linn%C3%A9|Linnaeus]] did not introduce his Latin system of animal names until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Linnaeus 1735] and this particular moth does not appear to have received its modern name until[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysiridia_rhipheus 1773], more than 100 years after Gassendi's death. Gassendi was more likely aware of the classical associations of this name with a mythical mountain range possibly inspired by the [[Montes%20Riphaeus|Ural]] range in Asia.
* According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 209), of the many names introduced by [/Hevelius Hevelius], '''Mons Apenninus''' is one of just ten that have survived into modern usage; and one of only four still used at the original location. However, it does not appear in Whitaker's list of names used by [/Riccioli Riccioli], so exactly who re-introduced into the mainstream lunar nomenclature (or if Riccioli used it) is unclear. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher [[Image:JimMosher-lg.jpg|16px|JimMosher]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JimMosher JimMosher]</span>
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* According to [[Whitaker|Whitaker]] (p. 209), of the many names introduced by [[Hevelius|Hevelius]], '''Mons Apenninus''' is one of just ten that have survived into modern usage; and one of only four still used at the original location. However, it does not appear in Whitaker's list of names used by [[Riccioli|Riccioli]], so exactly who re-introduced into the mainstream lunar nomenclature (or if Riccioli used it) is unclear. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span>
* In the original [/IAU%20Nomenclature IAU Nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller] (1935) the name was simply '''Apennines'''. It was Latinized in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB IAU Transactions XIIB] (1964).
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* In the original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU Nomenclature]] of [[Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller|Blagg and Müller]] (1935) the name was simply '''Apennines'''. It was Latinized in [[IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB|IAU Transactions XIIB]] (1964).
 
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[http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20080930.html The Mighty Apennine Mountain Range] (09/30/2008)<br /> <br />  
 
==Lunar 100==
 
==Lunar 100==
[/Lunar%20100 L4]: Imbrium basin rim.<br /> <br />  
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Montes Apenninus

(current IAU name; former IAU name: Apennines; informally: Apennine Mountains)

Lat: 18.9°N, Long: 3.7°W, Diam: 401 km, Height: 5.4 km, Rükl: 22

external image normal_ApennineComposite.jpg
Tom Bash


Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images Kaguya HDTV ASU Apollo Image Archive

Maps

(LAC zone 41D3)LAC map Geologic map LM map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions)THE APENNINES.-- by far the most magnificent range on the visible surface, including as they do some 3000 peaks, and extending in an almost continuous curve of more than 400 miles in length from Mount Hadley, on the north, to the fine ring-plain Eratosthenes, which forms a fitting termination, on the south. The great headland Mount Hadley rises more than 15,000 feet, while a neighbouring promontory on the south-west of it is fully 14,000 feet, and another, close by, is still higher above the Mare. Mount Huygens, again, in N. lat. 20 deg., and the square-shaped mass Mount Wolf, near the southern end of the chain, include peaks standing 18,000 and 12,000 feet respectively above the plain, to which their flanks descend with a steep declivity. The counterscarp of the Apennines, in places 160 miles in width from west to east, runs down to the Mare Vaporum with a comparatively gentle inclination. It is everywhere traversed by winding valleys of a very intricate type, all trending towards the south-east, and includes some bright craters and mountain-rings.

Description: Wikipedia

Montes Apenninus

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named after the terrestrial Apennines .
  • Called Riphaeus by Gassendi in the late 1630s (Whitaker, p. 33). The word riphaeus seems most connected with a species of moth from Madagascar; perhaps the Apennines reminded Gassendi of a wing from this moth - pure speculation! - tychocrater Jul 19, 2007
    • Note: As intriguing as this speculation may seem, Linnaeus did not introduce his Latin system of animal names until 1735 and this particular moth does not appear to have received its modern name until1773, more than 100 years after Gassendi's death. Gassendi was more likely aware of the classical associations of this name with a mythical mountain range possibly inspired by the Ural range in Asia.
  • According to Whitaker (p. 209), of the many names introduced by Hevelius, Mons Apenninus is one of just ten that have survived into modern usage; and one of only four still used at the original location. However, it does not appear in Whitaker's list of names used by Riccioli, so exactly who re-introduced into the mainstream lunar nomenclature (or if Riccioli used it) is unclear. - JimMosher
  • In the original IAU Nomenclature of Blagg and Müller (1935) the name was simply Apennines. It was Latinized in IAU Transactions XIIB (1964).


LPOD Articles

Draped Mountains.

Lunar Image of the Week (Apollo Image Archive, Arizona State University)

The Mighty Apennine Mountain Range (09/30/2008)

Lunar 100

L4: Imbrium basin rim.

Bibliography