Names of J.H.Franz

Names of Julius Heinrich Franz (1847 - 1913)

Additional information to Appendix M (page 225) of Ewen A. Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon
  Research: Danny Caes
 
  - [/Abel Abel]
  - [/Hall Hall]
  - Kelvin ([/Kelvin%2C%20Prom. Promontorium Kelvin] ??)
  - Jungnitz (Schmidt's [/Demonax Demonax])
  - Mare Aestatis ([/Lacus%20Aestatis Lacus Aestatis])
  - [/Mare%20Anguis Mare Anguis]
  - Mare Autumnis ([/Lacus%20Autumni Lacus Autumni or Autumnae])
  - Mare Hiemis (dropped after 1961)(the dark spot on the floor of crater [/Schl%C3%BCter Schluter], which was also called Malvasia by Schroter)
  - [/Mare%20Marginis Mare Marginis]
  - [/Mare%20Novum Mare Novum] (dropped after 1961)(the dark floor of Joliot)
  - [/Mare%20Orientale Mare Orientale]
  - [/Mare%20Parvum Mare Parvum] (dropped after 1961)(possibly the dark region in the centre of the Mendel-Rydberg basin)
  - [/Mare%20Spumans Mare Spumans]
  - [/Mare%20Undarum Mare Undarum]
  - Mare Veris ([/Lacus%20Veris Lacus Veris])
  - Mare Trans Hahn (not in M.Blagg's Named Lunar Formations)(see also [/Hahn Hahn])
 
 

Franz's miscellaneous nicknames at the Mare Crisium/ Mare Anguis region:

- Drachenauge (Mare Anguis A)
  - Drachenkamm (Eimmart Delta, or Alhazen Delta?)
  - Olblatt (Hansen B)
  - Schwanzende (Mare Anguis T)
  - Zungenspitze (or Zugspitze?)(Mare Anguis Xi)
 
  (each one of the above mentioned weird nicknames was printed in M.Blagg's Named Lunar Formations)
 
 
 

J.H.Franz in Sky and Telescope:

December 1960 (20,6) 321
April 1968 (35,4) 215
April 1969 (37,4) 229