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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Promontorium%20Heraclides LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Promontorium%20Heraclides%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Promontorium%20Heraclides Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Promontorium%20Heraclides LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Promontorium%20Heraclides%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Promontorium%20Heraclides Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
| − | * [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-93-12714 AS15-93-12714] shows '''Promontorium Heraclides''' above the centre of this orbital Hasselblad photograph, and [http://the-moon. | + | * [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-93-12714 AS15-93-12714] shows '''Promontorium Heraclides''' above the centre of this orbital Hasselblad photograph, and [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Montes%20Jura Montes Jura] at the horizon ([http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sinus%20Iridum Sinus Iridum] in between, and [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Imbrium Mare Imbrium]'s western part in the foreground). <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>Dec 24, 2007</small></span> |
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==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 24A4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac24/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I602/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Elger== | ==Description: Elger== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' THE HERACLIDES PROMONTORY.--The less lofty but still very imposing headland at the W. end of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sinus%20Iridum Sinus Iridum], rising more than 4,000 feet above it. It consists of a number of distinct mountains, forming a triangular-shaped group running out to a point at the S.E. extremity of the bay, and projecting considerably beyond the shore-line. There is a considerable crater on the W. side of the headland, not visible till a late stage of sunrise. It is among the mountains composing this promontory that some ingenuity and imagination have been expended in endeavouring to trace the lineaments of a female face, termed the "[http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030619.html Moon-maiden]."<br /> <br /> |
==Description: Wikipedia== | ==Description: Wikipedia== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontorium_Heraclides Promontorium Heraclides]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontorium_Heraclides Promontorium Heraclides]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | * Depth data from [http://the-moon. | + | * Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database] |
** Viscardy, 1985: 1.7 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 1.7 km | ||
** Cherrington, 1969: 1.79 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 1.79 km | ||
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==Cassini's Moon Maiden== | ==Cassini's Moon Maiden== | ||
| − | * '''Promontorium Heraclides''' is famous for its representation as a "[http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/maphist/minds/moonextract/moon.html Moon Maiden]" with flowing hair in the 1679 engraving of [http://the-moon. | + | * '''Promontorium Heraclides''' is famous for its representation as a "[http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/maphist/minds/moonextract/moon.html Moon Maiden]" with flowing hair in the 1679 engraving of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini]'s map. It has been [http://www.catnaps.org/cassini/astron.html suggested] that the Moon Maiden is a drawing of Cassini's wife in profile. Launay and Sheehan (2010) expand at great length on this theme, but without adding any new evidence. They also believe the strange system of ridges shown in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis] in the same map has been intentionally drawn to resemble a heart, and the rays of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Copernicus Copernicus] to create a dragonfly (with [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Copernicus Copernicus] as the eye). |
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclides_Ponticus Heraclides Ponticus] (c. 388-310 B.C.), a Greek astronomer and philosopher said to have proposed that the Earth revolves daily on its axis. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclides_Ponticus Heraclides Ponticus] (c. 388-310 B.C.), a Greek astronomer and philosopher said to have proposed that the Earth revolves daily on its axis. | ||
| − | * '''Prom. Heraclides''' was Catalog number 1641 in the original IAU nomenclature of ''[http://the-moon. | + | * '''Prom. Heraclides''' was Catalog number 1641 in the original IAU nomenclature of ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations]'', where it is attributed to [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Riccioli Riccioli] (who according to [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Whitaker Whitaker], page 212, used '''Heraclides Ponticus''', although his map seems to say '''Heraclides'''). |
* The name was Latinized to '''Promontorium Heraclides''' in the 1960's. | * The name was Latinized to '''Promontorium Heraclides''' in the 1960's. | ||
* Strange to say, '''Promontorium Heraclides''' is called "'''Hercules Promontary'''" on page 312 of David M. Harland's book ''Exploring the Moon; the Apollo expeditions'' (1999, Springer Verlag).<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>Dec 11, 2012</small></span> | * Strange to say, '''Promontorium Heraclides''' is called "'''Hercules Promontary'''" on page 312 of David M. Harland's book ''Exploring the Moon; the Apollo expeditions'' (1999, Springer Verlag).<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>Dec 11, 2012</small></span> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * Hill, Harold. ''[http://the-moon. | + | * Hill, Harold. ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/A%20Portfolio%20of%20Lunar%20Drawings A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings]'', page 88. |
* Launay, Françoise and Willam Sheehan. 2010. "The Mysterious Lady on the Moon." ''Sky and Telescope'' Vol. 120 (No. 3, September issue), pp. 26-30. | * Launay, Françoise and Willam Sheehan. 2010. "The Mysterious Lady on the Moon." ''Sky and Telescope'' Vol. 120 (No. 3, September issue), pp. 26-30. | ||
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Revision as of 19:27, 11 April 2018
Contents
Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)
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Lat: 40.3°N, Long: 33.2°W, Diam: 50 km, Depth: 1.7 km, Rükl: 10 |
Table of Contents
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden) Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Images Images]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Maps Maps]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1 Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Cassini's Moon Maiden Cassini's Moon Maiden]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-APOD Articles APOD Articles]
[#Promontorium Heraclides (and Cassini's Moon Maiden)-Bibliography Bibliography]
George Tarsoudis
Promontorium Heraclides during local morning light. Ancient lunar observers such as Cassini thought they saw the head of a woman in this promontory, hence the name Cassini's Moon Maiden.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- AS15-93-12714 shows Promontorium Heraclides above the centre of this orbital Hasselblad photograph, and Montes Jura at the horizon (Sinus Iridum in between, and Mare Imbrium's western part in the foreground). - DannyCaes DannyCaes Dec 24, 2007
Maps
(LAC zone 24A4) LAC map Geologic map
Description: Elger
(IAU Directions) THE HERACLIDES PROMONTORY.--The less lofty but still very imposing headland at the W. end of the Sinus Iridum, rising more than 4,000 feet above it. It consists of a number of distinct mountains, forming a triangular-shaped group running out to a point at the S.E. extremity of the bay, and projecting considerably beyond the shore-line. There is a considerable crater on the W. side of the headland, not visible till a late stage of sunrise. It is among the mountains composing this promontory that some ingenuity and imagination have been expended in endeavouring to trace the lineaments of a female face, termed the "Moon-maiden."
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.7 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 1.79 km
- Curious elongated depression just northeast of (adjacent to) Promontorium Heraclides, see HiRes scan of Lunar Orbiter 4's frame 145-h2. - DannyCaes DannyCaes Apr 4, 2014
Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1
- Lunokhod 1, the unmanned rover which was delivered by the lander Luna 17, crawled its way to 38°17' North/ 35° West (southwest of Promontorium Heraclides).
- Images of the explored lunar surface, made by Lunokhod 1, are online in Don P. Mitchell's excellent site Soviet Moon Images. - DannyCaes DannyCaes Dec 24, 2007
Cassini's Moon Maiden
- Promontorium Heraclides is famous for its representation as a "Moon Maiden" with flowing hair in the 1679 engraving of Giovanni Domenico Cassini's map. It has been suggested that the Moon Maiden is a drawing of Cassini's wife in profile. Launay and Sheehan (2010) expand at great length on this theme, but without adding any new evidence. They also believe the strange system of ridges shown in Mare Serenitatis in the same map has been intentionally drawn to resemble a heart, and the rays of Copernicus to create a dragonfly (with Copernicus as the eye).
Nomenclature
- Named for Heraclides Ponticus (c. 388-310 B.C.), a Greek astronomer and philosopher said to have proposed that the Earth revolves daily on its axis.
- Prom. Heraclides was Catalog number 1641 in the original IAU nomenclature of Named Lunar Formations, where it is attributed to Riccioli (who according to Whitaker, page 212, used Heraclides Ponticus, although his map seems to say Heraclides).
- The name was Latinized to Promontorium Heraclides in the 1960's.
- Strange to say, Promontorium Heraclides is called "Hercules Promontary" on page 312 of David M. Harland's book Exploring the Moon; the Apollo expeditions (1999, Springer Verlag).- DannyCaes DannyCaes Dec 11, 2012
LPOD Articles
APOD Articles
Bibliography
- Hill, Harold. A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings, page 88.
- Launay, Françoise and Willam Sheehan. 2010. "The Mysterious Lady on the Moon." Sky and Telescope Vol. 120 (No. 3, September issue), pp. 26-30.
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