Undest
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Undest
(disallowed name; appears on maps as Mons Undest, but not approved in either form; formerly known as [/Lambert Lambert] Gamma)
| Lat: 26.5°N, Long: 18.5°W, Diam: 7 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 20 |
Table of Contents
[#Undest Undest]
[#Undest-Images Images]
[#Undest-Maps Maps]
[#Undest-Description Description]
[#Undest-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Undest-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Undest-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Undest-Bibliography Bibliography]
AS15-M-1152 The feature formerly called [/Lambert Lambert] Gamma, and provisionally renamed Mons Undest (a name not allowed by the [/IAU IAU]) is the shadow casting (and somewhat nose-shaped) hill below the "B" arrow. The large crater on the left is [/Lambert Lambert]. The "A" and "B" arrows are pointing to parts of [/Dorsa%20Stille Dorsa Stille] (on whose page the remaining nomenclature is explained).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- There are two orbital Hasselblads of Mons Undest. They are: AS15-81-11027 and AS15-81-11029. An interesting Fairchild-mapping (metric) photograph, also made by Apollo 15, is AS15-M-1552 which shows Mons Undest near the lower left corner (can't miss it!).
- Mons Undest was also captured on several of Apollo 17's orbital ITEK-panoramic frames, such as AS17-P-3071 (scroll to the right).
- Research orbital Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 photography: Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 40B4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Additional Information
- The position and diameter given at the top of the page are for the disallowed name Undest as listed in the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer].
- Observed by T.W.Webb and Hunt as a bright star (glittering on the terminator like a star with rays); see page 124 in Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (Volume 1: The Solar System, chapter THE MOON). - DannyCaes DannyCaes Jul 6, 2015
Nomenclature
- Named for Sigrid Undset (1882-1949), a Norwegian novelist and winner of the 1928 Nobel prize in literature.
- This peak was known as [/Lambert Lambert] Gamma in the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] of [/Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller Blagg and Müller] (1935) and in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters].
- All Greek-lettered peak names were discontinued by the [/IAU IAU] in 1973 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB]), and it was suggested that new names be adopted for them.
- The replacement name Mons Undest (apparently a misspelling of "Undset") was provisionally introduced on LTO-40B4 (April 1974). Although the IAU had recommended using writers names in 1973 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB]), that decision was soon reversed ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVB IAU Transactions XVB]). Hence the name Mons Undest was never approved, and joins many other [/invalid%20names invalid] that appear on the [/LTO LTO] charts.
- For unknown reasons, the disallowed name is listed in the on-line [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer] as Undest (rather than Mons Undest).
- This peak remains unnamed in the current [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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