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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2388&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Jehan_to_Natasha_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Jehan_to_Natasha_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2388 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]].<br /> <br /> | |
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Catena%20Pierre LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Euler%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Euler%20P Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Catena%20Pierre LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Euler%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Euler%20P Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* 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 [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/39C2S1/ 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'''. | * 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 [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/39C2S1/ 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. | * '''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? <span class="membersnap">- | + | * 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? <span class="membersnap">- tychocrater <small>Nov 13, 2007</small></span> |
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APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 4: The Maria ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch4.3.htm Part 3]), Figure 93.<br /> <br /> | APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 4: The Maria ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch4.3.htm Part 3]), Figure 93.<br /> <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:44, 16 April 2018
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Catena Pierre
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Lat: 19.8°N, Long: 31.8°W, Length: 9 km, Depth: km, Rükl 19 |
LO-IV-133H The field of view includes the IAU-named features Jehan, Ango, Rosa, Akis, Natasha, Catena Pierre and Rima Wan-Yu plus a portion of Rima Euler.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 39C3) LAC map Geologic map LM map Topophotomap
Description
In 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 as one of those volcanic pits, or as the remnants of an impact crater.
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
List of 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 RP-1097, Catena Pierre is a 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 Feature names approved by the IAU in 1976 (IAU Transactions XVIIB). From the 9 km dimension listed in the 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 - another named nothing! Did no one oversee the mapmakers who added these totally unnecessary names? - tychocrater Nov 13, 2007
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 4: The Maria (Part 3), Figure 93.
