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| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Promontorium Laplace Promontorium Laplace]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Description-Elger Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:Laplace.jpg|Laplace.jpg]]<br /> '''Promontorium Laplace''' imaged with a 152mm achromatic refractor with 2X Barlow. The big crater to the north is [http://the-moon. | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Promontorium Laplace Promontorium Laplace]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Description-Elger Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Laplace-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:Laplace.jpg|Laplace.jpg]]<br /> '''Promontorium Laplace''' imaged with a 152mm achromatic refractor with 2X Barlow. The big crater to the north is [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Bianchini Bianchini]<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Promontorium%20Laplace LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Promontorium%20Laplace%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Promontorium%20Laplace Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Promontorium%20Laplace LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Promontorium%20Laplace%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Promontorium%20Laplace Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
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Research Apollo 15 and Lunar Orbiter 4 photographs: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | Research Apollo 15 and Lunar Orbiter 4 photographs: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 24B1)'' [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== | ==Description== | ||
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===Elger=== | ===Elger=== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' THE LAPLACE PROMONTORY.--A magnificent headland marking the extreme eastern extremity of the finest bay on the moon's visible surface, the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sinus%20Iridum Sinus Iridum]; above which it towers to a height of 9,000 feet or more, projecting considerably in front of the line of massive cliffs which define the border of the Sinus, and presenting a long straight face to the S.W. Near its summit are two large but shallow depressions, the more westerly having a very bright interior. At a lower level, almost directly below the last, is a third depression. All three are easy objects under a low sun. The best view of the promontory and its surroundings is obtained when the W. side of the bay is on the morning terminator. Its prominent shadow is traceable for many days after sunrise.<br /> <br /> |
===Wikipedia=== | ===Wikipedia=== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontorium_Laplace Promontorium Laplace]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontorium_Laplace Promontorium Laplace]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4845 Promontorium Laplace] | * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4845 Promontorium Laplace] | ||
| − | * Depth data from [http://the-moon. | + | * Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database] |
** Viscardy, 1985: 2.6 km | ** Viscardy, 1985: 2.6 km | ||
** Cherrington, 1969: 3.01 km | ** Cherrington, 1969: 3.01 km | ||
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace Pierre Simon Laplace] (1749-1827), a French mathematician and astronomer. | * Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace Pierre Simon Laplace] (1749-1827), a French mathematician and astronomer. | ||
| − | * According to ''[http://the-moon. | + | * According to ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Whitaker Whitaker]'' (p. 94), [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lichtenberg Lichtenberg] assigned the name '''Heraclides falsus''' (a reference to what is now called [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Promontorium%20Heraclides Promontorium Heraclides]) to this feature whose position had been measured by [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tobias%20Mayer Tobias Mayer]. |
| − | * [http://the-moon. | + | * [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler] changed the name to '''Cap Laplace''' or '''Laplace''' (for example, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pzIAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA269#v=onepage&q&f=false Section 254], p. 269). |
| − | * Later observers followed their suggestion, and this feature became Catalog number 1305 in Mary Blagg's ''[http://the-moon. | + | * Later observers followed their suggestion, and this feature became Catalog number 1305 in Mary Blagg's ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Collated%20List Collated List]''. |
| − | * It entered the original IAU nomenclature of ''[http://the-moon. | + | * It entered the original IAU nomenclature of ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations]'' as '''Laplace (Prom.)'''. |
* The name was Latinized to '''Promontorium Laplace''' in the 1960's. | * The name was Latinized to '''Promontorium Laplace''' in the 1960's. | ||
* '''''Lacus Laplace''''' (an unofficial name from D.Caes for the "''flat''" region about halfway between '''Promontorium Laplace''' and '''Maupertuis'''). | * '''''Lacus Laplace''''' (an unofficial name from D.Caes for the "''flat''" region about halfway between '''Promontorium Laplace''' and '''Maupertuis'''). | ||
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[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/343-Mounds-in-a-melt-pond.html Mounds in a Melt Pond]<br /> <br /> | [http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/343-Mounds-in-a-melt-pond.html Mounds in a Melt Pond]<br /> <br /> | ||
==LPOD Articles== | ==LPOD Articles== | ||
| − | [http:// | + | [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/November_11,_2004 An Oblique View of Prom. Laplace]<br /> <br /> |
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | Hill, Harold. 1991. [http://the-moon. | + | Hill, Harold. 1991. [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Hill%2C%201991 A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings], pages 88, 89.<br /> <br /> |
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| − | [http://the-moon. | + | [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Alphabetical%20Index Named Features] -- Prev: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lansberg Lansberg] -- Next: [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lara Lara]<br /> |
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Contents
Promontorium Laplace
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Lat: 46.81°N, Long: 25.54°W, Diam: 50 km, Depth: 2.6 km, Rükl 10 |
Table of Contents
[#Promontorium Laplace Promontorium Laplace]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Images Images]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Maps Maps]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Description Description]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Description-Elger Elger]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Promontorium Laplace-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Promontorium Laplace-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Promontorium Laplace-Bibliography Bibliography]
Promontorium Laplace imaged with a 152mm achromatic refractor with 2X Barlow. The big crater to the north is Bianchini
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Although not mentioned in the LPI's search-list, it (Promontorium Laplace) is also visible on the last frames of Apollo 15's REV 35 (oblique north-looking metric/mapping Fairchild-camera photographs). Promontorium Laplace is noticeable as a mountainous elevation located at the curved horizon (north, or "to the right of" craters Helicon and Le Verrier).
- In the above mentioned REV 35, frame AS15-M-1552 shows Promontorium Laplace immediately "behind" crater Helicon. It's interesting to explore the curved horizon in the ASU's zoom-able scan of AS15-M-1552 (to investigate a close-up of Promontorium Laplace "behind" Helicon).
- Item N°24 in C.A.Wood's list of Concentric Craters (1978) is the not-so recognizeable one located west-southwest of Laplace E (north of Montes Recti). This Concentric Crater was captured on Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph LOIV-134-h3 (near the lower left corner of that frame, north of the western end of Montes Recti).
Research Apollo 15 and Lunar Orbiter 4 photographs: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 24B1) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Elger
(IAU Directions) THE LAPLACE PROMONTORY.--A magnificent headland marking the extreme eastern extremity of the finest bay on the moon's visible surface, the Sinus Iridum; above which it towers to a height of 9,000 feet or more, projecting considerably in front of the line of massive cliffs which define the border of the Sinus, and presenting a long straight face to the S.W. Near its summit are two large but shallow depressions, the more westerly having a very bright interior. At a lower level, almost directly below the last, is a third depression. All three are easy objects under a low sun. The best view of the promontory and its surroundings is obtained when the W. side of the bay is on the morning terminator. Its prominent shadow is traceable for many days after sunrise.
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Promontorium Laplace
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.6 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 3.01 km
- Promontorium Laplace was measured at a height of 2.6 km by the Brandon Valley High School astronomy class as reported in Selenology vol. 24, no. 3 (Autumn 2005), pp. 20-21.- fatastronomer fatastronomer
- Possible concentric crater west-southwest of Laplace E, north of Montes Recti.
- Curious "boat" shaped formation northeast of Promontorium Laplace (between Promontorium Laplace and Montes Recti). See LPOD A Boat upon the Sea (discovered by Maurice Collins).
- On December the 14th of 2013, Chang'e-3 (and its Yutu lunar rover) landed near craterlet Laplace FA, south of Montes Recti and the (quite easy-to-observe) crater Laplace F. See LPOD December 15th 2013.
Nomenclature
- Named for Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), a French mathematician and astronomer.
- According to Whitaker (p. 94), Lichtenberg assigned the name Heraclides falsus (a reference to what is now called Promontorium Heraclides) to this feature whose position had been measured by Tobias Mayer.
- Beer and Mädler changed the name to Cap Laplace or Laplace (for example, Section 254, p. 269).
- Later observers followed their suggestion, and this feature became Catalog number 1305 in Mary Blagg's Collated List.
- It entered the original IAU nomenclature of Named Lunar Formations as Laplace (Prom.).
- The name was Latinized to Promontorium Laplace in the 1960's.
- Lacus Laplace (an unofficial name from D.Caes for the "flat" region about halfway between Promontorium Laplace and Maupertuis).
- Laplace F's shallow crater (west of the bowl-shaped crater Laplace F). Not really a name, but... it's better than nothing... - DannyCaes DannyCaes Oct 28, 2015
- Laplace hillocks (a nickname from D.Caes for the officially unnamed cluster of hillocks west of Promontorium Laplace, near the northern part of the Montes Jura) (this cluster doesn't seem to have received Greek letter designations during the making of the SLC-charts) (System of Lunar Craters, 1966).
- Mons Laplace (an unofficial name from D.Caes for the large hill east of Promontorium Laplace) (about halfway between Promontorium Laplace and Montes Recti) (there's no Greek letter for it on the charts of the SLC...).
LROC Articles
LPOD Articles
An Oblique View of Prom. Laplace
Bibliography
Hill, Harold. 1991. A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings, pages 88, 89.
Named Features -- Prev: Lansberg -- Next: Lara
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