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[[Image:MonsHadley_LO4-102H.JPG|MonsHadley_LO4-102H.JPG]]<br /> ''Lunar Orbiter IV-102H remapped by [[LTVT|LTVT]]'' -- a portion of Hadley Rille (official name: [[Rima%20Hadley|Rima Hadley]]) and [[Mons%20Hadley%20Delta|Mons Hadley Delta]] are visible at the lower left of this picture. The meaning of the IAU's '''Mons Hadley''' is slightly confused but it presumably includes one or both of the large shadow-casting peaks in the center of this view (see '''Nomenclature''', below).<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Mount Hadley Mount Hadley]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Hadley-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:MonsHadley_LO4-102H.JPG|MonsHadley_LO4-102H.JPG]]<br /> ''Lunar Orbiter IV-102H remapped by [/LTVT LTVT]'' -- a portion of Hadley Rille (official name: [/Rima%20Hadley Rima Hadley]) and [/Mons%20Hadley%20Delta Mons Hadley Delta] are visible at the lower left of this picture. The meaning of the IAU's '''Mons Hadley''' is slightly confused but it presumably includes one or both of the large shadow-casting peaks in the center of this view (see '''Nomenclature''', below).<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Mons%20Hadley LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mons%20Hadley%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Mons%20Hadley Apollo Images]<br /> [http://moonpans.co.uk/prints/40_A15ALSEP.htm Mike Constantine's assembled panorama] of '''Mount Hadley''' (central) and the '''Swann Range''' (right). David Scott is at work at the ALSEP station (left). Note the Lunar Roving Vehicle in front of LM ''Falcon'' (right).<br /> <br />  There's a total of 21 LEVA-Hasselblads which show "portraits" of '''Mount Hadley'''. In the list below, I arranged all of these Hasselblads into "the lunar day's first half". <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Jan 20, 2008</small></span><br /> <br />  1: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11364.jpg AS15-85-11364] (made during the Stand-up EVA of CDR David Scott).<br />  2: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11740.jpg AS15-87-11740] (made during the Stand-up EVA of CDR David Scott).<br />  3: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11404.jpg AS15-85-11404] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, LRV).<br />  4: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11428.jpg AS15-85-11428]<br />  5: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11454.jpg AS15-85-11454]<br />  6: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-86-11603.jpg AS15-86-11603] (+ Lunar Roving Vehicle, astronaut). This is one of the most well-known and most reproduced photographs of an astronaut + rover.<br />  7: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-90-12186.jpg AS15-90-12186]<br />  8: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11488.jpg AS15-85-11488] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  9: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11511.jpg AS15-85-11511]<br />  10: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-90-12208.jpg AS15-90-12208]<br />  11: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-90-12244.jpg AS15-90-12244] (+ crater Dune in the foreground).<br />  12: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-92-12426.jpg AS15-92-12426] (+ astronaut's Portable Life Support System/ PLSS "backpack", and leg).<br />  13: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11052.jpg AS15-82-11052]<br />  14: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11075.jpg AS15-82-11075] (+ field of small rocks).<br />  15: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11116.jpg AS15-82-11116] (base of Mons Hadley hidden, below "horizon").<br />  16: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11173.jpg AS15-82-11173] (base of Mons Hadley hidden, below "horizon").<br />  17: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11793.jpg AS15-87-11793] (+ astronaut's bootprints and tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  18: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11811.jpg AS15-87-11811] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  19: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11835.jpg AS15-87-11835] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  20: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11849.jpg AS15-87-11849] (+ astronaut's bootprints).<br />  21: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-88-11904.jpg AS15-88-11904] (high sun, the whole of Mons Hadley's southwestern flank is in full sunlight). Note the plaque of the 14 perished cosmonauts and astronauts at left (the small "white square"). [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-88-11894.jpg AS15-88-11894] is a close-up of that plaque.<br /> <br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-84-11310.jpg AS15-84-11310] is one in a series of 500 mm close-ups of '''Mount Hadley''''s top and "diagonal banding" effect on its flank. An interesting reproduction of these photographs (a composite panorama) was printed on pages 230, 231, and 232 of the article ''To the Mountains of the Moon'' by Kenneth F. Weaver (National Geographic, february 1972). <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Jan 29, 2008</small></span><br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Mons%20Hadley LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mons%20Hadley%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Mons%20Hadley Apollo Images]<br /> [http://moonpans.co.uk/prints/40_A15ALSEP.htm Mike Constantine's assembled panorama] of '''Mount Hadley''' (central) and the '''Swann Range''' (right). David Scott is at work at the ALSEP station (left). Note the Lunar Roving Vehicle in front of LM ''Falcon'' (right).<br /> <br />  There's a total of 21 LEVA-Hasselblads which show "portraits" of '''Mount Hadley'''. In the list below, I arranged all of these Hasselblads into "the lunar day's first half". <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 20, 2008</small></span><br /> <br />  1: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11364.jpg AS15-85-11364] (made during the Stand-up EVA of CDR David Scott).<br />  2: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11740.jpg AS15-87-11740] (made during the Stand-up EVA of CDR David Scott).<br />  3: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11404.jpg AS15-85-11404] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, LRV).<br />  4: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11428.jpg AS15-85-11428]<br />  5: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11454.jpg AS15-85-11454]<br />  6: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-86-11603.jpg AS15-86-11603] (+ Lunar Roving Vehicle, astronaut). This is one of the most well-known and most reproduced photographs of an astronaut + rover.<br />  7: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-90-12186.jpg AS15-90-12186]<br />  8: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11488.jpg AS15-85-11488] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  9: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-85-11511.jpg AS15-85-11511]<br />  10: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-90-12208.jpg AS15-90-12208]<br />  11: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-90-12244.jpg AS15-90-12244] (+ crater Dune in the foreground).<br />  12: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-92-12426.jpg AS15-92-12426] (+ astronaut's Portable Life Support System/ PLSS "backpack", and leg).<br />  13: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11052.jpg AS15-82-11052]<br />  14: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11075.jpg AS15-82-11075] (+ field of small rocks).<br />  15: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11116.jpg AS15-82-11116] (base of Mons Hadley hidden, below "horizon").<br />  16: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-82-11173.jpg AS15-82-11173] (base of Mons Hadley hidden, below "horizon").<br />  17: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11793.jpg AS15-87-11793] (+ astronaut's bootprints and tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  18: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11811.jpg AS15-87-11811] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  19: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11835.jpg AS15-87-11835] (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br />  20: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11849.jpg AS15-87-11849] (+ astronaut's bootprints).<br />  21: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-88-11904.jpg AS15-88-11904] (high sun, the whole of Mons Hadley's southwestern flank is in full sunlight). Note the plaque of the 14 perished cosmonauts and astronauts at left (the small "white square"). [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-88-11894.jpg AS15-88-11894] is a close-up of that plaque.<br /> <br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/AS15-84-11310.jpg AS15-84-11310] is one in a series of 500 mm close-ups of '''Mount Hadley''''s top and "diagonal banding" effect on its flank. An interesting reproduction of these photographs (a composite panorama) was printed on pages 230, 231, and 232 of the article ''To the Mountains of the Moon'' by Kenneth F. Weaver (National Geographic, february 1972). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 29, 2008</small></span><br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 41B4)'' [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] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41b4_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 41B4)'' [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] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41b4_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  Mons Hadley is the northernmost of the prominent named peaks in the lunar [/Apennine%20Mts Apennines]. Those peaks generally increase in height as one goes south.<br /> <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><br /> <br />  
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  Mons Hadley is the northernmost of the prominent named peaks in the lunar [[Apennine%20Mts|Apennines]]. Those peaks generally increase in height as one goes south.<br /> <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span><br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' MOUNT HADLEY.--The northern extremity of the [/Apennine%20Mts Apennines], in N. lat. 27 deg. E. long. 5 deg., rising more than 15,000 feet above the Mare.<br />  ...<br />  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.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' MOUNT HADLEY.--The northern extremity of the [[Apennine%20Mts|Apennines]], in N. lat. 27 deg. E. long. 5 deg., rising more than 15,000 feet above the Mare.<br />  ...<br />  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.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Hadley Mons Hadley]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Hadley Mons Hadley]<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: 4.8 km
 
** Viscardy, 1985: 4.8 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.89 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.89 km
* There are several distinct peaks in the area. Stereo mapping of Apollo images (used to produce NASA's [/LTO LTO] and [/LM%20map%20series LM] charts) resulted in the conclusion that the summit of the eastern peak (9450 m) was very slightly taller than the western one (9407 m -- both heights being referred to an arbitrary 1730 km reference level).
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* There are several distinct peaks in the area. Stereo mapping of Apollo images (used to produce NASA's [[LTO|LTO]] and [[LM%20map%20series|LM]] charts) resulted in the conclusion that the summit of the eastern peak (9450 m) was very slightly taller than the western one (9407 m -- both heights being referred to an arbitrary 1730 km reference level).
 
* The breaks near the tip of the large pyramid-shaped shadow from the western peak indicate undulating terrain at the foot of the mountain. The elevation of the plain near the tip of the shadow is about 5300 m (on the same scale), giving an elevation for the peak of about 4100 m (relative to that level). The eastern summit casts relatively little shadow in this view, but that is because it is interrupted by the high ground of the western peak.
 
* The breaks near the tip of the large pyramid-shaped shadow from the western peak indicate undulating terrain at the foot of the mountain. The elevation of the plain near the tip of the shadow is about 5300 m (on the same scale), giving an elevation for the peak of about 4100 m (relative to that level). The eastern summit casts relatively little shadow in this view, but that is because it is interrupted by the high ground of the western peak.
* The peak was measured at (4080 +/- 80) m ([/Boint%2C%202001 Boint, 2001]). <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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* The peak was measured at (4080 +/- 80) m ([[Boint%2C%202001|Boint, 2001]]). <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
* The Apollo 15 landing site is to the east of [/Hadley%20Rille Rima Hadley], just north of [/Mons%20Hadley%20Delta Mons Hadley Delta], in the much larger plain known as [/Putredinis%2C%20Palus Palus Putredinis]. <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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* The Apollo 15 landing site is to the east of [[Hadley%20Rille|Rima Hadley]], just north of [[Mons%20Hadley%20Delta|Mons Hadley Delta]], in the much larger plain known as [[Putredinis%2C%20Palus|Palus Putredinis]]. <span class="membersnap">- JimMosher</span>
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  
 
* Named for John Hadley (1682-1744); British instrument maker.
 
* Named for John Hadley (1682-1744); British instrument maker.
* The name '''Mount Hadley''', in the original IAU nomenclature of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller], was Latinized to '''Mons Hadley''' in 1964.
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* The name '''Mount Hadley''', in the original IAU nomenclature of [[Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller|Blagg and Müller]], was Latinized to '''Mons Hadley''' in 1964.
* The name '''Hadley''' was briefly used by the IAU to refer to the crater known as [/Hadley%20C Hadley C].
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* The name '''Hadley''' was briefly used by the IAU to refer to the crater known as [[Hadley%20C|Hadley C]].
* Although there is no record of any intentional changes having been made over the years, the exact meaning of the IAU's present '''Mons Hadley''' is not entirely clear. The ''[/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters]'' called the entire complex of peaks, including the two major ones and a bit of the area to the south, '''Hadley''' (without the "Mount"). By contrast NASA’s [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac41/ LAC-41] identifies '''Mt. Hadley''' with just the eastern ridge. But NASA’s later [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41b4_2/ LTO-41B4] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm41/ LM-41] shifted the identification to the western peak. Most amateur astronomers probably share this identification of Mons Hadley as the more massive, shadow–casting western peak or possibly the combination of the two, since that is how it seems to be labeled in [/R%C3%BCkl Rükl]; but the present on-line [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer] diameter and position correspond to the smaller eastern unit, in a manner similar to the older interpretation of LAC-41 (the official IAU diameter excludes the main shadow-casting peak).
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* Although there is no record of any intentional changes having been made over the years, the exact meaning of the IAU's present '''Mons Hadley''' is not entirely clear. The ''[[System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters|System of Lunar Craters]]'' called the entire complex of peaks, including the two major ones and a bit of the area to the south, '''Hadley''' (without the "Mount"). By contrast NASA’s [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac41/ LAC-41] identifies '''Mt. Hadley''' with just the eastern ridge. But NASA’s later [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto41b4_2/ LTO-41B4] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm41/ LM-41] shifted the identification to the western peak. Most amateur astronomers probably share this identification of Mons Hadley as the more massive, shadow–casting western peak or possibly the combination of the two, since that is how it seems to be labeled in [[R%C3%BCkl|Rükl]]; but the present on-line [[IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer|IAU Planetary Gazetteer]] diameter and position correspond to the smaller eastern unit, in a manner similar to the older interpretation of LAC-41 (the official IAU diameter excludes the main shadow-casting peak).
 
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==LPOD Articles==
 
==LPOD Articles==
[http://www.lpod.org/?m=20071008 Slithering and Sliding]<br /> <br />  
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[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/October_8,_2007 Slithering and Sliding]<br /> <br />  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
  APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch3.2.htm Part 2]), Figure 43 (stereo pair of Mount Hadley)(LEVA photographs).<br /> <br /> '''Additional music for Apollo 15's magnificent ''Hasselblad'' photographs of Mount Hadley, taken from various locations on the ''Plain'', and also from the top of the LM during CDR David Scott's Stand-Up EVA which was performed shortly after landing:'''<br />  
 
  APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch3.2.htm Part 2]), Figure 43 (stereo pair of Mount Hadley)(LEVA photographs).<br /> <br /> '''Additional music for Apollo 15's magnificent ''Hasselblad'' photographs of Mount Hadley, taken from various locations on the ''Plain'', and also from the top of the LM during CDR David Scott's Stand-Up EVA which was performed shortly after landing:'''<br />  
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Latest revision as of 20:15, 16 April 2018

Mount Hadley

(discontinued IAU name; current IAU name: Mons Hadley)

Lat: 26.5°N, Long: 4.7°E, Diam: 25 km, Height: 4.8 km, Rükl: 22

MonsHadley_LO4-102H.JPG
Lunar Orbiter IV-102H remapped by LTVT -- a portion of Hadley Rille (official name: Rima Hadley) and Mons Hadley Delta are visible at the lower left of this picture. The meaning of the IAU's Mons Hadley is slightly confused but it presumably includes one or both of the large shadow-casting peaks in the center of this view (see Nomenclature, below).

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Mike Constantine's assembled panorama of Mount Hadley (central) and the Swann Range (right). David Scott is at work at the ALSEP station (left). Note the Lunar Roving Vehicle in front of LM Falcon (right).

There's a total of 21 LEVA-Hasselblads which show "portraits" of Mount Hadley. In the list below, I arranged all of these Hasselblads into "the lunar day's first half". - DannyCaes Jan 20, 2008

1: AS15-85-11364 (made during the Stand-up EVA of CDR David Scott).
2: AS15-87-11740 (made during the Stand-up EVA of CDR David Scott).
3: AS15-85-11404 (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, LRV).
4: AS15-85-11428
5: AS15-85-11454
6: AS15-86-11603 (+ Lunar Roving Vehicle, astronaut). This is one of the most well-known and most reproduced photographs of an astronaut + rover.
7: AS15-90-12186
8: AS15-85-11488 (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).
9: AS15-85-11511
10: AS15-90-12208
11: AS15-90-12244 (+ crater Dune in the foreground).
12: AS15-92-12426 (+ astronaut's Portable Life Support System/ PLSS "backpack", and leg).
13: AS15-82-11052
14: AS15-82-11075 (+ field of small rocks).
15: AS15-82-11116 (base of Mons Hadley hidden, below "horizon").
16: AS15-82-11173 (base of Mons Hadley hidden, below "horizon").
17: AS15-87-11793 (+ astronaut's bootprints and tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).
18: AS15-87-11811 (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).
19: AS15-87-11835 (+ tracks of the Lunar Roving Vehicle).
20: AS15-87-11849 (+ astronaut's bootprints).
21: AS15-88-11904 (high sun, the whole of Mons Hadley's southwestern flank is in full sunlight). Note the plaque of the 14 perished cosmonauts and astronauts at left (the small "white square"). AS15-88-11894 is a close-up of that plaque.

AS15-84-11310 is one in a series of 500 mm close-ups of Mount Hadley's top and "diagonal banding" effect on its flank. An interesting reproduction of these photographs (a composite panorama) was printed on pages 230, 231, and 232 of the article To the Mountains of the Moon by Kenneth F. Weaver (National Geographic, february 1972). - DannyCaes Jan 29, 2008

Maps

(LAC zone 41B4) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map

Description

Mons Hadley is the northernmost of the prominent named peaks in the lunar Apennines. Those peaks generally increase in height as one goes south.
- JimMosher

Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) MOUNT HADLEY.--The northern extremity of the Apennines, in N. lat. 27 deg. E. long. 5 deg., rising more than 15,000 feet above the Mare.
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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.

Description: Wikipedia

Mons Hadley

Additional Information

  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    • Viscardy, 1985: 4.8 km
    • Cherrington, 1969: 2.89 km
  • There are several distinct peaks in the area. Stereo mapping of Apollo images (used to produce NASA's LTO and LM charts) resulted in the conclusion that the summit of the eastern peak (9450 m) was very slightly taller than the western one (9407 m -- both heights being referred to an arbitrary 1730 km reference level).
  • The breaks near the tip of the large pyramid-shaped shadow from the western peak indicate undulating terrain at the foot of the mountain. The elevation of the plain near the tip of the shadow is about 5300 m (on the same scale), giving an elevation for the peak of about 4100 m (relative to that level). The eastern summit casts relatively little shadow in this view, but that is because it is interrupted by the high ground of the western peak.
  • The peak was measured at (4080 +/- 80) m (Boint, 2001). - fatastronomer
  • The Apollo 15 landing site is to the east of Rima Hadley, just north of Mons Hadley Delta, in the much larger plain known as Palus Putredinis. - JimMosher


Nomenclature

  • Named for John Hadley (1682-1744); British instrument maker.
  • The name Mount Hadley, in the original IAU nomenclature of Blagg and Müller, was Latinized to Mons Hadley in 1964.
  • The name Hadley was briefly used by the IAU to refer to the crater known as Hadley C.
  • Although there is no record of any intentional changes having been made over the years, the exact meaning of the IAU's present Mons Hadley is not entirely clear. The System of Lunar Craters called the entire complex of peaks, including the two major ones and a bit of the area to the south, Hadley (without the "Mount"). By contrast NASA’s LAC-41 identifies Mt. Hadley with just the eastern ridge. But NASA’s later LTO-41B4 and LM-41 shifted the identification to the western peak. Most amateur astronomers probably share this identification of Mons Hadley as the more massive, shadow–casting western peak or possibly the combination of the two, since that is how it seems to be labeled in Rükl; but the present on-line IAU Planetary Gazetteer diameter and position correspond to the smaller eastern unit, in a manner similar to the older interpretation of LAC-41 (the official IAU diameter excludes the main shadow-casting peak).


LPOD Articles

Slithering and Sliding

Bibliography

APOLLO OVER THE MOON: A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae (Part 2), Figure 43 (stereo pair of Mount Hadley)(LEVA photographs).

Additional music for Apollo 15's magnificent Hasselblad photographs of Mount Hadley, taken from various locations on the Plain, and also from the top of the LM during CDR David Scott's Stand-Up EVA which was performed shortly after landing:
  • The concluding section of Terry Riley's piece Embroidery from his album Songs For The Ten Voices Of The Two Prophets.