Rükl Zone 25 - ROMER

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35	36	37

Photographic Map

(This map is based on an Earth-based photograph that has been computer-corrected to zero libration. The vertical white lines indicate the left and right boundaries of the Rükl rectangle)
 
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Named Features

Apollo 17 (sixth manned landing on the moon, Apollo 17's LM Challenger soft-landed on December 11, 1972, at the Taurus-Littrow Valley).
Apollo 17 ascent stage of LM Challenger (seems to have impacted at 19.96° North/ 30.50° East, on one of the slopes of the South Massif, alas, out of sight of the television camera on Apollo 17's Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Taurus-Littrow Valley).
(who knows, perhaps in the year 2017 there will be a small unmanned four-wheeled rover from AUDI at the Taurus-Littrow Valley, crawling its way toward "Challenger's Baby") (the Lunar Roving Vehicle of Apollo 17).
Ataturk (a disallowed name from H.P.Wilkins for Romer A, north-northeast of Romer itself) (Romer A was also called Stephanides by F.C.Lamech).
Beketov
Bernini (a disallowed name for the bowl shaped crater Jansen L near Rima Jansen, see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 61-A1).
Brewster
Carmichael (Van Langren's Brunii).
Catena Le Monnier (an unofficial name from D.Caes for the row of tiny depressions on the floor of Le Monnier).
Catena Littrow
Chacornac
Ching-Te
Clerke
Dorsa Barlow
Esclangon
Evans (an unofficial name from D.Caes for one of the officially unnamed craterlets near the landingsite of Apollo 17 at the Taurus-Littrow valley) (Ronald Evans, 1933-1990, Command Module Pilot of Apollo 17).
Fabbroni
Fat Eight (a nickname from D.Caes for the curious "8" shaped formation about halfway between Beketov and Vitruvius).
Fisher (a disallowed name from H.P.Wilkins for Vitruvius B, southeast of Vitruvius itself).
Franck
Franz
Gardner
Gardner Megadome (south of Gardner, unofficial name).
Hill
Jansen R's small companion (a nickname from D.Caes for the officially unnamed ghost-crater southeast of the much larger ghost-crater Jansen R), see http://bit.ly/2wtwbzB
Lacus Bonitatis (J.Hewelcke's Paludes Cimmeriae).
Lacus Locusta', or: Lobster Lake (lunar observer Ronb(ee)s nickname for a lobster-like area near Lacus Bonitatis) (could also be on Chart 26, I have to check this out, - DannyCaes Nov 12, 2015).
Le Monnier
Littrow
Luna 21 (soft-landed on January 15, 1973, at the southern part of Le Monnier's floor) (Luna 21 delivered mankind's second unmanned 8-wheeled crawler, known as Lunokhod 2) (after Luna 17 with its Lunokhod 1 south of Promontorium Heraclides).
Maraldi
Mons Argaeus
Mons Esam
Mons Maraldi
Mons Vitruvius (of which the northern part was called East Massif during the mission of Apollo 17 in december 1972).
Montes Taurus (J.Hewelcke's Taurica Chersonnesus).
Newcomb (Van Langren's Boivinii, J.Hewelcke's Mons Trapezus).
Prom. Arietis (J.Hewelcke's disallowed name for a certain area near Vitruvius).
Rima Carmen
Rima Jansen (near the lower left corner of Chart 25).
Rima Rudolf (once called Fossa Rudolf, see Lunar Topophotomap 42C3S3).
Rimae Chacornac (once known as Fossa (or Fossae?) Chacornac, see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 43-A4).
Rimae Littrow (once known as Fossae Littrow, see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomaps 42-C2, 43-A4, 43-D1).
Rimae Römer (once known as Fossa (or Fossae?) Romer, see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 43-A4).
Römer (Van Langren's Cartesii, J.Hewelcke's Mons Berosus).
Sinus Amoris (Van Langren's Sinus Opticus, J.Hewelcke's Palus Byces).
Stella
Stephanides (a disallowed name from F.C.Lamech for Romer A, north-northeast of Romer itself) (Romer A was also called Ataturk by H.P.Wilkins).
Taurus-Littrow Valley (the landingsite of Apollo 17's LM Challenger, between the North and South Massifs).
Terra Sapientiae (Van Langren's disallowed name for the region occupying the upper right part of Chart 25).
Terra Vitae (Riccioli's discontinued name for the region occupying the upper right part of Chart 25).
Theophrastus
Vitruvius (Van Langren's Cocci).

Additional IAU-named features associated with the Apollo 17 Site

Bear Mountain (could be observed through telescope).
Bowen-Apollo
Brontë
Camelot
Cochise
Emory
Falcon
Family Mountain (could be observed through telescope).
Hess-Apollo
Horatio
Lara
Light Mantle (could be observed through telescope).
Mackin
Nansen-Apollo
North Massif (could be observed through telescope).
Powell
Scarp
Sculptured Hills (could be observed through telescope).
Shakespeare
Sherlock
Shorty
South Massif (could be observed through telescope).
Steno-Apollo
Taurus-Littrow Valley (it should be mentioned that the largest one of the small craters on the floor of the Taurus-Littrow Valley was once called MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room) during the mission of Apollo 17 in december 1972) (the MOCR is perhaps detectable on High-Resolution webcam images made through powerful telescopes) - DannyCaes Sep 12, 2015
Tortilla Flat
Trident
Van Serg
Victory
Wessex Cleft (could be observed through telescope).

Luna 21 and Lunokhod 2

See LPOD Close-Up of a Rille (December 19, 2008).
  Unofficial names along the track of Lunokhod 2:

Circle harbour
Far cape
Fossa Incospicua
Fossa Recta
Gentle crater
Near cape
Oncoming hills

Lettered Crater Locations

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