Ancient Newton

Ancient Newton

(informal name)

Lat: 47.5° N, Long: 8.0°W, Diameter: 115 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2011 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%20zone 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 Plato], on the north, to [/Mons%20Pico Mons Pico], on the south.

Description: Elger

([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])
PLATO.-- ... On the [/Mare%20Imbrium Mare Imbrium] S. of [/Plato Plato] is a large area enclosed by low ridges, to which [/Johann%20Schr%C3%B6ter Schroter] gave the name "Newton." It suggests the idea that it represents the ruin of a once imposing enclosure, of which the conspicuous mountain [/Mons%20Pico 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%20Imbrium Mare Imbrium] immediately south of [/Plato Plato] (called "Newton" by [/Johann%20Schr%C3%B6ter 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 Plato] was called [/Newton Newton] by [/Johann%20Schr%C3%B6ter Johann Schröter] (see his illustration).
• That name was reassigned to a odd feature near the South Pole by [/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler 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, [/A%20Portfolio%20of%20Lunar%20Drawings 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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