Mons Ardeshir
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Mons Ardeshir - in King
| Lat: 5.0°N, Long: 121.0°E, Diam: 8 km, Height: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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[#Mons Ardeshir - in King-Description Description]
[#Mons Ardeshir - in King-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Mons Ardeshir - in King-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Mons Ardeshir - in King-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Mons Ardeshir - in King-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Mons Ardeshir - in King-Bibliography Bibliography]
This Apollo 16 view of the floor of the crater [/King King] identifies the six IAU-named features it contains: [/Mons%20Andr%C3%A9 Mons André], [/Mons%20Dieter Mons Dieter], [/Mons%20Ardeshir Mons Ardeshir], [/Mons%20Ganau Mons Ganau], [/Mons%20Dilip Mons Dilip] and [/Sita Sita].
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Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 65C1) LTO map Topophotomap
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Although the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer] identifies Ardeshir as a "Persian (Iranian) king's name," it actually seems to drawn from the bank of generic "first names of men and women" given in IAU Transactions XVIB (1976), which were not supposed to refer to any specific person.
- According to [/NASA%20RP-1097 NASA RP-1097], "Mons Ardeshir" is a [/Minor%20Feature Minor Feature] whose name was originally intended only for use in connection with Topophotomap 65C1/S1 (on which it is plotted).
- The name was approved by the IAU (along with many other Topophotomap names) in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIIB IAU Transactions XVIIB] (1979).
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