Ancient Newton

Ancient Newton

(informal name)

Lat: 47.5° N, Long: 8.0°W, Diameter: 115 km, Depth: km, Rükl 11

Left: Annotated Lunar Orbiter view from Map-A-Planet. Right: Ricardo Tolentino's image from the LPOD Photo Gallery.

Table of Contents

[#Ancient Newton Ancient Newton]

[#Ancient Newton-Images Images]

[#Ancient Newton-Maps Maps]

[#Ancient Newton-Description Description]

[#Ancient Newton-Description: Elger Description: Elger]

[#Ancient Newton-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Ancient Newton-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Ancient Newton-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Ancient Newton-Bibliography Bibliography]

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

(LAC zone 25A2) LAC map Geologic map

Description

Ancient Newton is the informal name for the ghost ring illustrated above, extending from the south rim of Plato, on the north, to Mons Pico, on the south.

Description: Elger

(IAU Directions)
PLATO.-- ... On the Mare Imbrium S. of Plato is a large area enclosed by low ridges, to which Schroter gave the name "Newton." It suggests the idea that it represents the ruin of a once imposing enclosure, of which the conspicuous mountain Pico formed a part.

MOUNTAIN RINGS.--These objects, usually encircled by a low and broken border, seldom more than a few hundred feet in height, are closely allied to the walled-plains. ... The curious formation on the Mare Imbrium immediately south of Plato (called "Newton" by Schroter), may be placed in this category ... these features have the appearance of having once been formations of a much more prominent and important character, which have suffered destruction, more or less complete, through being partially overwhelmed by the material of the "seas."

Additional Information

• The location of Ancient Newton is also depicted on SLC-charts D1 and D2.

Nomenclature

• The ghost crater immediately south of Plato was called Newton by Johann Schröter (see his illustration).
• That name was reassigned to a odd feature near the South Pole by Beer and Mädler, who referred to the present formation as Schröter's Newton. Schröter's ghost later became known as Ancient Newton (see, for example, Harold Hill, page 62). I don't know who first called it that. - tychocrater tychocrater Jul 15, 2010

LPOD Articles

Classical Imbrium
Ancient Nothing?
A Classic View (Tom Bash)
A Classic View (Raffaele Barzacchi)
Everything is Here (telescopic High Resolution photograph of the Ancient Newton region, by Christian Viladrich)

Bibliography

• Longshaw, Nigel. 2002. The Lunar Crater Plato: A New Perspective. Current Notes (of the Manchester Astronomical Society)
• Longshaw, Nigel. 2002. More Musings on Plato. Current Notes (of the Manchester Astronomical Society)

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