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| − | =List of Lunar [http://the-moon. | + | =List of Lunar [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena Catenae]= |
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| − | + | '''Catenae''' ('''crater chains''') should not to be confused with [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Boulder%20Tracks Boulder Tracks]!<br /> <br /> | |
| − | + | ==[http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20nomenclature IAU-named] Crater Chains== | |
| − | ==[http://the-moon. | + | <br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Abulfeda Catena Abulfeda], Lat: 16.9°S, Long: 17.2°E, Length: 219 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2057 Rükl: 57]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Artamonov Catena Artamonov, ]Lat: 26.0°N, Long: 105.9°E, Length: 134 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Brigitte Catena Brigitte], Lat: 18.5°N, Long: 27.5°E, Length: 5 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2024 Rükl: 24]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Davy Catena Davy], Lat: 11.0°S, Long: 7.0°W, Length: 50 km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2043 Rukl: 43]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Dziewulski Catena Dziewulski], Lat: 19.0°N, Long: 100.0°E, Length: 80 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Gregory Catena Gregory], Lat: 0.6°S, Long: 129.9°E, Length: 152 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Humboldt Catena Humboldt], Lat: 21.5°S, Long: 84.6°E, Length: 165 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2060 Rükl: 60]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Krafft Catena Krafft], Lat: 15.0°N, Long: 72.0°W, Length: 60 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2017 Rükl: 17]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Kurchatov Catena Kurchatov], Lat: 37.2°N, Long: 136.3°E, Length: 226 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Leuschner%20%28GDL%29 Catena Leuschner (GDL)], Lat: 4.7°N, Long: 110.1°W, Length: 364 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Littrow Catena Littrow], Lat: 22.2°N, Long: 29.5°E, Length: 10 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2025 Rükl 25]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Lucretius%20%28RNII%29 Catena Lucretius (RNII)], Lat: 3.4°S, Long: 126.1°W, Length: 271 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Mendeleev Catena Mendeleev], Lat: 6.3°N, Long: 139.4°E, Length: 188 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Michelson%20%28GIRD%29 Catena Michelson (GIRD)], Lat: 1.4°N, Long: 113.4°W, Length: 456 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Pierre Catena Pierre], Lat: 19.8°N, Long: 31.8°W, Length: 9 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2019 Rükl 19]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Sumner Catena Sumner], Lat: 37.3°N, Long: 112.3°E, Length: 247 km, Depth: km, Rükl: ''(farside)''<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Sylvester Catena Sylvester], Lat: 81.4°N, Long: 86.2°W, Length: 173 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%203 Rükl: 3]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Taruntius Catena Taruntius], Lat: 3.0°N, Long: 48.0°E, Length: 100 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2037 Rükl: 37]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Timocharis Catena Timocharis], Lat: 29.0°N, Long: 13.0°W, Length: 50 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2021 Rükl: 21]<br /> [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena%20Yuri Catena Yuri], Lat: 24.4°N, Long: 30.4°W, Length: 5 km, Depth: km, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2019 Rükl 19]<br /> <br /> |
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==Unofficially named crater chains, by Danny Caes== | ==Unofficially named crater chains, by Danny Caes== | ||
* '''''Catena Aristoteles''''' (once known as '''''Rima Aristoteles''''' on Chart 4 of the ''Times Atlas of the Moon'') (see''':''' http://bit.ly/2y8WrRl ). | * '''''Catena Aristoteles''''' (once known as '''''Rima Aristoteles''''' on Chart 4 of the ''Times Atlas of the Moon'') (see''':''' http://bit.ly/2y8WrRl ). | ||
| − | * '''''Catena Beer''''', [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Beer''''', [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2021 Rükl: 21], (a pronounced and telescopically observable chain east-southeast of crater [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Beer Beer], south of '''Beer A''') (was once known as '''''Fossa Archimedes''''', see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 41-A4). |
| − | * '''''Catena Encke''''', [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Encke''''', [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2030 Rukl: 30], (a small chain of depressions south-southwest of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Encke Encke]). |
* '''''Catena Hainzel-Elger''''' (depicted as a rille on Chart E7 in the ''System of Lunar Craters''). | * '''''Catena Hainzel-Elger''''' (depicted as a rille on Chart E7 in the ''System of Lunar Craters''). | ||
* '''''Catena Kostinskiy D''''' (north-northwest of '''Kostinskiy D''') (see''':''' http://bit.ly/2F8g50S). | * '''''Catena Kostinskiy D''''' (north-northwest of '''Kostinskiy D''') (see''':''' http://bit.ly/2F8g50S). | ||
| − | * '''''Catena Le Monnier''''', [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Le Monnier''''', [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2025 Rükl 25], (a row of tiny depressions on the floor of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Le%20Monnier Le Monnier]) (or is it '''''Rima Le Monnier'''''?). |
| − | * '''''Catena Lippmann-Mendel''''', Rükl: ''(farside)'', (a possible chain of depressions, or a narrow valley, near the northwestern part of [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Lippmann-Mendel''''', Rükl: ''(farside)'', (a possible chain of depressions, or a narrow valley, near the northwestern part of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lippmann Lippmann]'s rim, running north-northeast toward the western part of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mendel Mendel]'s rim)(detected by D.Caes on page 268 (LAC 134) in the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon''). |
| − | * '''''Catena Love''''' (a pronounced chain on the western part of farside crater [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Love''''' (a pronounced chain on the western part of farside crater [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Love Love]'s rim). |
| − | * '''''Catena Lubbock H''''', [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Lubbock H''''', [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2048 Rükl 48], (an odd rille-shaped chain of depressions slightly north of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lubbock Lubbock] '''<u>H</u>''', see also [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS11-42-6309 AS11-42-6309]). |
| − | * '''''Catena Muller''''', [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Muller''''', [http://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl%2044 Rükl: 44], (the pronounced chain of depressions west of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/M%C3%BCller Muller]). |
* '''''Catena Olcott''''' (the chain east-southeast of '''Olcott E''', north-northwest of '''Kostinskiy D'''). | * '''''Catena Olcott''''' (the chain east-southeast of '''Olcott E''', north-northwest of '''Kostinskiy D'''). | ||
* '''''Catena Papaleksi''''', (see ASU [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20090504.html Lunar Image of the Week], 05/04/2009). | * '''''Catena Papaleksi''''', (see ASU [http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20090504.html Lunar Image of the Week], 05/04/2009). | ||
| − | * '''''Catena Prager''''', Rükl: ''(farside),'' (the chain north of [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Prager''''', Rükl: ''(farside),'' (the chain north of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Prager Prager])(see ''APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT'', Chapter 5: Craters ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch5.3.htm Part 3]), Figure 134)(see also the L.P.I.'s [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-149-22838 AS17-149-22838]). |
| − | * '''''Catena Saenger''''', Rükl: ''(farside)'', (a small chain at 4° North/ 99°40' East)(west of [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Saenger''''', Rükl: ''(farside)'', (a small chain at 4° North/ 99°40' East)(west of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Saenger Saenger] and southeast of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Erro Erro]). See [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-120-19217 AS16-120-19217]. |
* '''''Catena Snellius A''''' (the chain of depressions southwest of '''Snellius A'''). http://bit.ly/2DssKxl | * '''''Catena Snellius A''''' (the chain of depressions southwest of '''Snellius A'''). http://bit.ly/2DssKxl | ||
| − | * '''''Catena Tycho''''' (north-northwest of [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Tycho''''' (north-northwest of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Tycho Tycho], possibly the "source" of the western one of the bright double ray toward [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Weiss Weiss]). |
| − | * '''''Catena Worden''''' (or '''''Alfred Worden's Catena''''': a chain of teardrop-shaped craterlets near the concentric crater '''Gruithuisen K''') (once photographed by Apollo 15's CMP Alfred Worden, on color ''Hasselblad'' film). For online photographs of this chain, see the lower part of the [http://the-moon. | + | * '''''Catena Worden''''' (or '''''Alfred Worden's Catena''''': a chain of teardrop-shaped craterlets near the concentric crater '''Gruithuisen K''') (once photographed by Apollo 15's CMP Alfred Worden, on color ''Hasselblad'' film). For online photographs of this chain, see the lower part of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gruithuisen Gruithuisen]-page. |
| − | * Small irregular chain of craterlets immediately west-northwest of the hillock [http://the-moon. | + | * Small irregular chain of craterlets immediately west-northwest of the hillock [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Guericke Guericke]-'''<u>Mu</u>'''. See [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-P-5418 AS16-P-5418] Research: Danny Caes |
* '''Possible chains?:''' | * '''Possible chains?:''' | ||
** '''''Catena Crookes X''''', see [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/d/2044-2075.jpg mosaic] of Apollo 8 photographs, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien (''Apollo 8 Flight Journal''). | ** '''''Catena Crookes X''''', see [http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/d/2044-2075.jpg mosaic] of Apollo 8 photographs, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien (''Apollo 8 Flight Journal''). | ||
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* Patrick Moore, in the early 1960's, advanced the idea that large craters, and some mare features, on the Moon are aligned preferentially along circular arcs running north and south. These chains are much larger than the IAU-named ones, and Moore regarded them as incontrovertible evidence of the volcanic origin of the larger craters (assuming the early Moon had cracked along these meridional lines).<br /> {| class="captionBox" | * Patrick Moore, in the early 1960's, advanced the idea that large craters, and some mare features, on the Moon are aligned preferentially along circular arcs running north and south. These chains are much larger than the IAU-named ones, and Moore regarded them as incontrovertible evidence of the volcanic origin of the larger craters (assuming the early Moon had cracked along these meridional lines).<br /> {| class="captionBox" | ||
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| − | [http://the-moon. | + | [http://the-moon.us/wiki/file/detail/moorechains-large.jpg [[Image:Moorechains-small.jpg|moorechains-small.jpg]]] |
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** <span style="color: grey; display: block">''"No such chains extend from east to west, and it seems, then, that we are dealing with formations which were born along lines of weakness in the Moon's crust - connected no doubt with the influence of the Earth, since the lining-up of the chains with the central meridian can hardly be due to chance."''"</span> | ** <span style="color: grey; display: block">''"No such chains extend from east to west, and it seems, then, that we are dealing with formations which were born along lines of weakness in the Moon's crust - connected no doubt with the influence of the Earth, since the lining-up of the chains with the central meridian can hardly be due to chance."''"</span> | ||
* These comments pre-suppose the current knowledge we have on the occurrences of lunar crater chains today; where we understand them to be predominantly formed by (volcanic aside) meteoritic bombardment, secondary cratering, and collapse. | * These comments pre-suppose the current knowledge we have on the occurrences of lunar crater chains today; where we understand them to be predominantly formed by (volcanic aside) meteoritic bombardment, secondary cratering, and collapse. | ||
| − | * Below, reference list of '''Moore''''s chain names for image above. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * Below, reference list of '''Moore''''s chain names for image above. <span class="membersnap">- JohnMoore2</span> |
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| Eastern Chain<br /> | | Eastern Chain<br /> | ||
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| − | (1) [http://the-moon. | + | (1) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Bailly Bailly], (2) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Phocylides Phocylides]'', (3) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Schickard Schikard], (4) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Inghirami Inghirami]'', (5) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lagrange Lagrange], (6) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Darwin Darwin]'', (7) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Grimaldi Grimaldi], (8) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Riccioli Riccioli], (9) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Hevelius Hevelius], (10) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Russell Russell]'', (11) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Babbage Babbage]'', (12) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Pythagoras Pythagoras], (13) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/J.%20Herschel J. Herschel]''.<br /> |
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| Great Western Chain<br /> | | Great Western Chain<br /> | ||
| | | | ||
| − | (1) ''[http://the-moon. | + | (1) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Boguslawsky Boguslawsky]'', (2) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Boussingault Boussingault]'', (3) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Pont%C3%A9coulant Pontécoulent]'', (4) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Furnerius Furnerius], (5) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Petavius Petavius], (6) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Vendelinus Vendilinus], (7) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Langrenus Langrenus], (8) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium], (9) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cleomedes Cleomedes], (10) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Messala Messala], (11) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Endymion Endymion], (12) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Humboldtianum%2C%20Mare Mare Humboltianum], (13) ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Meton Meton]''.<br /> |
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| Hipparchus Chain<br /> | | Hipparchus Chain<br /> | ||
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| − | (1) [http://the-moon. | + | (1) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Albategnius Albategnius], (2) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Hipparchus Hipparchus].<br /> |
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| Janssen Chain<br /> | | Janssen Chain<br /> | ||
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| − | (1) [http://the-moon. | + | (1) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Hommel Hommel], (2) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Janssen Janssen].<br /> |
|- | |- | ||
| Mare Humorum Chain<br /> | | Mare Humorum Chain<br /> | ||
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| − | (1) [http://the-moon. | + | (1) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Humorum Mare Humorum], (2) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Gassendi Gassendi], (3) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Letronne Letronne].<br /> |
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| Ptolemaeus-Walter Chain<br /> | | Ptolemaeus-Walter Chain<br /> | ||
| | | | ||
| − | (1) [http://the-moon. | + | (1) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Maurolycus Maurolycus], (2) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/St%C3%B6fler Stöfler], (3) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Walther Walther] ('Walter' to some), (4) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Regiomontanus Regiomontanus], (5) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Purbach Purbach], (6) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Arzachel Arzachel], (7) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Alphonsus Alphonsus], (8) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Ptolemaeus Ptolemaeus], (9) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sinus%20Medii Sinus Medii], (10) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Archimedes Archimedes], (11) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Plato Plato].<br /> |
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| Theophilus Chain<br /> | | Theophilus Chain<br /> | ||
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| − | (1) [http://the-moon. | + | (1) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Catharina Catharina], (2) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cyrillus Cyrillus], (3) [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Theophilus Theophilus].<br /> |
|} | |} | ||
| − | * More recently Jaffe and Buckley (1976) have presented evidence that large craters of specific [http://the-moon. | + | * More recently Jaffe and Buckley (1976) have presented evidence that large craters of specific [http://the-moon.us/wiki/stratigraphy ages] lie preferentially along circular arcs (but not necessarily arcs of constant longitude). The reason for this non-randomness is not known. |
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 16 April 2018
Contents
List of Lunar Catenae
Catenae (crater chains) should not to be confused with Boulder Tracks!
IAU-named Crater Chains
Catena Abulfeda, Lat: 16.9°S, Long: 17.2°E, Length: 219 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 57
Catena Artamonov, Lat: 26.0°N, Long: 105.9°E, Length: 134 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Brigitte, Lat: 18.5°N, Long: 27.5°E, Length: 5 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 24
Catena Davy, Lat: 11.0°S, Long: 7.0°W, Length: 50 km, Rukl: 43
Catena Dziewulski, Lat: 19.0°N, Long: 100.0°E, Length: 80 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Gregory, Lat: 0.6°S, Long: 129.9°E, Length: 152 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Humboldt, Lat: 21.5°S, Long: 84.6°E, Length: 165 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 60
Catena Krafft, Lat: 15.0°N, Long: 72.0°W, Length: 60 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 17
Catena Kurchatov, Lat: 37.2°N, Long: 136.3°E, Length: 226 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Leuschner (GDL), Lat: 4.7°N, Long: 110.1°W, Length: 364 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Littrow, Lat: 22.2°N, Long: 29.5°E, Length: 10 km, Depth: km, Rükl 25
Catena Lucretius (RNII), Lat: 3.4°S, Long: 126.1°W, Length: 271 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Mendeleev, Lat: 6.3°N, Long: 139.4°E, Length: 188 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Michelson (GIRD), Lat: 1.4°N, Long: 113.4°W, Length: 456 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Pierre, Lat: 19.8°N, Long: 31.8°W, Length: 9 km, Depth: km, Rükl 19
Catena Sumner, Lat: 37.3°N, Long: 112.3°E, Length: 247 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)
Catena Sylvester, Lat: 81.4°N, Long: 86.2°W, Length: 173 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 3
Catena Taruntius, Lat: 3.0°N, Long: 48.0°E, Length: 100 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 37
Catena Timocharis, Lat: 29.0°N, Long: 13.0°W, Length: 50 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 21
Catena Yuri, Lat: 24.4°N, Long: 30.4°W, Length: 5 km, Depth: km, Rükl 19
Unofficially named crater chains, by Danny Caes
- Catena Aristoteles (once known as Rima Aristoteles on Chart 4 of the Times Atlas of the Moon) (see: http://bit.ly/2y8WrRl ).
- Catena Beer, Rükl: 21, (a pronounced and telescopically observable chain east-southeast of crater Beer, south of Beer A) (was once known as Fossa Archimedes, see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 41-A4).
- Catena Encke, Rukl: 30, (a small chain of depressions south-southwest of Encke).
- Catena Hainzel-Elger (depicted as a rille on Chart E7 in the System of Lunar Craters).
- Catena Kostinskiy D (north-northwest of Kostinskiy D) (see: http://bit.ly/2F8g50S).
- Catena Le Monnier, Rükl 25, (a row of tiny depressions on the floor of Le Monnier) (or is it Rima Le Monnier?).
- Catena Lippmann-Mendel, Rükl: (farside), (a possible chain of depressions, or a narrow valley, near the northwestern part of Lippmann's rim, running north-northeast toward the western part of Mendel's rim)(detected by D.Caes on page 268 (LAC 134) in the Clementine Atlas of the Moon).
- Catena Love (a pronounced chain on the western part of farside crater Love's rim).
- Catena Lubbock H, Rükl 48, (an odd rille-shaped chain of depressions slightly north of Lubbock H, see also AS11-42-6309).
- Catena Muller, Rükl: 44, (the pronounced chain of depressions west of Muller).
- Catena Olcott (the chain east-southeast of Olcott E, north-northwest of Kostinskiy D).
- Catena Papaleksi, (see ASU Lunar Image of the Week, 05/04/2009).
- Catena Prager, Rükl: (farside), (the chain north of Prager)(see APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 5: Craters (Part 3), Figure 134)(see also the L.P.I.'s AS17-149-22838).
- Catena Saenger, Rükl: (farside), (a small chain at 4° North/ 99°40' East)(west of Saenger and southeast of Erro). See AS16-120-19217.
- Catena Snellius A (the chain of depressions southwest of Snellius A). http://bit.ly/2DssKxl
- Catena Tycho (north-northwest of Tycho, possibly the "source" of the western one of the bright double ray toward Weiss).
- Catena Worden (or Alfred Worden's Catena: a chain of teardrop-shaped craterlets near the concentric crater Gruithuisen K) (once photographed by Apollo 15's CMP Alfred Worden, on color Hasselblad film). For online photographs of this chain, see the lower part of the Gruithuisen-page.
- Small irregular chain of craterlets immediately west-northwest of the hillock Guericke-Mu. See AS16-P-5418 Research: Danny Caes
- Possible chains?:
- Catena Crookes X, see mosaic of Apollo 8 photographs, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien (Apollo 8 Flight Journal).
- Catena Schiller D, start: Lat: 55.4° S, Long: 47.1° W, end: 56.4° S, 53.5°W near Segner K,Picture and diagram of the catena
Crater chains discovered by Aleksander Bozic (SandiBandi)
- Catena Mouchez C - Mouchez L. See http://bit.ly/2lwPuiu (LAC 2 / LAC 3).
Patrick Moore's named crater chains
- Patrick Moore, in the early 1960's, advanced the idea that large craters, and some mare features, on the Moon are aligned preferentially along circular arcs running north and south. These chains are much larger than the IAU-named ones, and Moore regarded them as incontrovertible evidence of the volcanic origin of the larger craters (assuming the early Moon had cracked along these meridional lines).
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- Image above attempts to show a modern representation of the series of crater chains that appear in a graphic in Patrick Moore's 1963 book Survey of the Moon pp.102-103. The graphic and text within the book names just a few of the craters and basins that make up the proposed chains, so the list below is based around these sources - added with a little judgement of feature locations by this author. Main moon image is of a low resolution map obtained from Map-A-Planet, and the cardinal notation and orientation is as it appears in the original graphic (i.e. pre-1961 with South on top and East at right). Projection of map was made using LTVT.
- Note: Interesting to read Moore's comments (p.103) in this 1963 edition where he looks at the arrangement, or non-randomness, of the features that make up the chains:
- "No such chains extend from east to west, and it seems, then, that we are dealing with formations which were born along lines of weakness in the Moon's crust - connected no doubt with the influence of the Earth, since the lining-up of the chains with the central meridian can hardly be due to chance.""
- These comments pre-suppose the current knowledge we have on the occurrences of lunar crater chains today; where we understand them to be predominantly formed by (volcanic aside) meteoritic bombardment, secondary cratering, and collapse.
- Below, reference list of Moore's chain names for image above. - JohnMoore2
| Chain name |
Names of features in chain (italic names are uncertain) |
| Eastern Chain |
(1) Bailly, (2) Phocylides, (3) Schikard, (4) Inghirami, (5) Lagrange, (6) Darwin, (7) Grimaldi, (8) Riccioli, (9) Hevelius, (10) Russell, (11) Babbage, (12) Pythagoras, (13) J. Herschel. |
| Great Western Chain |
(1) Boguslawsky, (2) Boussingault, (3) Pontécoulent, (4) Furnerius, (5) Petavius, (6) Vendilinus, (7) Langrenus, (8) Mare Crisium, (9) Cleomedes, (10) Messala, (11) Endymion, (12) Mare Humboltianum, (13) Meton. |
| Hipparchus Chain |
(1) Albategnius, (2) Hipparchus. |
| Janssen Chain |
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| Mare Humorum Chain |
(1) Mare Humorum, (2) Gassendi, (3) Letronne. |
| Ptolemaeus-Walter Chain |
(1) Maurolycus, (2) Stöfler, (3) Walther ('Walter' to some), (4) Regiomontanus, (5) Purbach, (6) Arzachel, (7) Alphonsus, (8) Ptolemaeus, (9) Sinus Medii, (10) Archimedes, (11) Plato. |
| Theophilus Chain |
(1) Catharina, (2) Cyrillus, (3) Theophilus. |
- More recently Jaffe and Buckley (1976) have presented evidence that large craters of specific ages lie preferentially along circular arcs (but not necessarily arcs of constant longitude). The reason for this non-randomness is not known.
LPOD Articles
Little Known Polar Valleys, A Chain of Evidence, I'll Drink to That, Straight Walk,
Bibliography
- Jaffe, L. D. and Buckley, E. O. (1976). Lunar Crater Arcs - Earth, Moon and Planets, Vol 16, No. 1, 71-114.
- Moore, P. (1966). Origin of the Moon - Nature 210, 1347 (25 June 1966); doi:10.1038/2101347a0. 1966.
- Moore, P. (1963). Distribution and Origin of Lunar Craters - Nature 197, 273 (19 January 1963); doi:10.1038/197273a0. 1963.
- Moore, P. (1963). Survey of the Moon p.102, 1963.
