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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1434&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_apollo16_herigonius_pano.jpg|external image normal_apollo16_herigonius_pano.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1434 Apollo 16]''<br />  South Up view of the '''Herigonius''' - '''''Andreus Hills''''' region, with '''Herigonius''' itself at left, and the '''''Andreus Hills''''' south of it. At right the odd formation '''''Lobster''''' (or '''''Trilobite'''''), thus nicknamed by Akkana Peck (from the online ''Shallow Sky'' project and ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon'').<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1434&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_apollo16_herigonius_pano.jpg|external image normal_apollo16_herigonius_pano.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1434 Apollo 16]''<br />  South Up view of the '''Herigonius''' - '''''Andreus Hills''''' region, with '''Herigonius''' itself at left, and the '''''Andreus Hills''''' south of it. At right the odd formation '''''Lobster''''' (or '''''Trilobite'''''), thus nicknamed by Akkana Peck (from the online ''Shallow Sky'' project and ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon'').<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Herigonius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Herigonius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Herigonius Apollo Images]<br />  - '''Herigonius Upsilon''' (or '''Herigonius Nu'''?), the arc-shaped hillock north-northeast of '''Herigonius''' itself (which is an interesting target for telescopic observers of the '''Herigonius''' region) was captured on Apollo 16's orbital panoramic ''ITEK''-camera frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-P-5464 AS16-P-5464] (scroll rightward).<br />  Research Danny Caes<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Herigonius LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Herigonius%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Herigonius Apollo Images]<br />  - '''Herigonius Upsilon''' (or '''Herigonius Nu'''?), the arc-shaped hillock north-northeast of '''Herigonius''' itself (which is an interesting target for telescopic observers of the '''Herigonius''' region) was captured on Apollo 16's orbital panoramic ''ITEK''-camera frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-P-5464 AS16-P-5464] (scroll rightward).<br />  Research Danny Caes<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' HERIGONIUS.--A ring-plain, about 7 miles in diameter, in the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Oceanus%20Procellarum Mare Procellarum], N.E. of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gassendi Gassendi]. There is a small crater a few miles S.W. of it, among the bright little mountains which flank this formation. Herigonius has a small central mountain, which is a good test for moderate apertures.<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' HERIGONIUS.--A ring-plain, about 7 miles in diameter, in the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Oceanus%20Procellarum Mare Procellarum], N.E. of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gassendi Gassendi]. There is a small crater a few miles S.W. of it, among the bright little mountains which flank this formation. Herigonius has a small central mountain, which is a good test for moderate apertures.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herigonius_%28crater%29 Herigonius]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herigonius_%28crater%29 Herigonius]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
* Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  Arthur, 1974: 2.1 km<br />  Westfall, 2000: 2.1 km<br />  Viscardy, 1985: 2.1 km<br />  Cherrington, 1969: 1.7 km
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* Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  Arthur, 1974: 2.1 km<br />  Westfall, 2000: 2.1 km<br />  Viscardy, 1985: 2.1 km<br />  Cherrington, 1969: 1.7 km
 
* '''Herigonius''' and its satellite craters '''E, EB''' and '''EC''' are on the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters]
 
* '''Herigonius''' and its satellite craters '''E, EB''' and '''EC''' are on the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/ALPO%20list%20of%20bright%20ray%20craters ALPO list of bright ray craters]
 
* '''Herigonius''' and '''Herigonius E''' and '''EC''' are thermal anomaly craters, implying youthful ages - [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
 
* '''Herigonius''' and '''Herigonius E''' and '''EC''' are thermal anomaly craters, implying youthful ages - [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]

Latest revision as of 02:52, 16 April 2018

Herigonius

Lat: 13.3°S, Long: 33.9°W, Diam: 15 km, Depth: 2.1 km, Rükl: 41

external image normal_apollo16_herigonius_pano.jpg
Apollo 16
South Up view of the Herigonius - Andreus Hills region, with Herigonius itself at left, and the Andreus Hills south of it. At right the odd formation Lobster (or Trilobite), thus nicknamed by Akkana Peck (from the online Shallow Sky project and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon).

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Herigonius Upsilon (or Herigonius Nu?), the arc-shaped hillock north-northeast of Herigonius itself (which is an interesting target for telescopic observers of the Herigonius region) was captured on Apollo 16's orbital panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS16-P-5464 (scroll rightward).
Research Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 75C3) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) HERIGONIUS.--A ring-plain, about 7 miles in diameter, in the Mare Procellarum, N.E. of Gassendi. There is a small crater a few miles S.W. of it, among the bright little mountains which flank this formation. Herigonius has a small central mountain, which is a good test for moderate apertures.

Description: Wikipedia

Herigonius

Additional Information


A ridge, a rille?

  • October 24th, 2017. Just discovered something which looks like an "upside-down" rille, or very thin ridge, at 11°30' South / 34°05' West (west of the arc-shaped hill Herigonius Nu, see the Big-Shadows WAC in the LROC QuickMap). - DannyCaes Oct 24, 2017 There's something similar south of Promontorium Laplace.


Nomenclature

- Herigone, Pierre; French mathematician, astronomer (fl. 1634).
- Satellite crater Herigonius H was erroneously printed as HEROGONIUS H on LAC 93, page 187 in the REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION of the Clementine Atlas of the Moon, 2012, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.- DannyCaes Jan 10, 2013

Andreus Hills

  • The cluster of hills and hillocks immediately south of Herigonius is sometimes known as the Andreus Hills. This rare name was printed on some moonmaps such as the large greenish colored Rand McNally moonmap and on the same map in Patrick Moore's Atlas of the Universe (1983). The origin of the (unofficial) name Andreus Hills is still a mystery (who was Andreus?). A list of other mysterious names on these moonmaps is online in the page Rand McNally. - DannyCaes Aug 30, 2015
  • A small section of the Andreus Hills is often nicknamed Bibendum or Michelin Man (because of the curious appearance of an oversized human body with small head, small arms, small legs).


LPOD Articles

Making Rilles Visible.
Features of interest in a small area (the arc-shaped Herigonius Upsilon hillock (or Herigonius Nu?) north-northeast of Herigonius itself).

Bibliography