Catena Pierre
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Catena Pierre
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Lat: 19.8°N, Long: 31.8°W, Length: 9 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2019 Rükl 19] |
Table of Contents
[#Catena Pierre Catena Pierre]
[#Catena Pierre-Images Images]
[#Catena Pierre-Maps Maps]
[#Catena Pierre-Description Description]
[#Catena Pierre-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Catena Pierre-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Catena Pierre-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Catena Pierre-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Catena Pierre-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-133H The field of view includes the IAU-named features [/Jehan Jehan], [/Ango Ango], [/Rosa Rosa], [/Akis Akis], [/Natasha Natasha], [/Catena%20Pierre Catena Pierre] and [/Rima%20Wan-Yu Rima Wan-Yu] plus a portion of [/Rima%20Euler Rima Euler].
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 39C3) LAC map Geologic map LM map Topophotomap
Description
In [/NASA%20SP-362 Apollo Over the Moon] (Figure 93 on page 100) the craters comprising Catena Pierre are described by G. W. Colton as being part of a larger, roughly circular belt of overlapping volcanic calderas. It is unclear if he regarded [/Akis Akis] as one of those volcanic pits, or as the remnants of an impact crater.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
List of [/Lunar%20Catenae Lunar Catenae].
Nomenclature
- Pierre is a generic French male name. Its use on the Moon is not meant to honor any person in particular.
- According to [/NASA%20RP-1097 NASA RP-1097], Catena Pierre is a [/Minor%20Feature Minor Feature] whose name was originally intended only for use in connection with Topophotomap 39C2/S1(on which it is plotted). The labeling on the map is a bit vague as to which craters are included in Catena Pierre.
- Catena Pierre was among 95 Topophotomap [/Minor%20Feature Minor Feature] names approved by the IAU in 1976 ([/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIIB IAU Transactions XVIIB]). From the 9 km dimension listed in the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer], the name seems to be intended to apply mostly to the most prominent craters near the bottom of the circular arc.
- It is totally outrageous that a line of three craters would justify the name of catena - a crater chain! This is an insult to the concept that named features are for legitimate landmarks. I can imagine that this name was bestowed simply to provide graphic balance to a bare map sheet. And look at [/Rosa Rosa] - another named nothing! Did no one oversee the mapmakers who added these totally unnecessary names? - tychocrater tychocrater Nov 13, 2007
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 4: The Maria (Part 3), Figure 93.
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