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| − | + | [[Image:Mons%20Maraldi-IV073-h3.jpg|external image Mons%20Maraldi-IV073-h3.jpg]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-352 LO-IV-073-H3]'' '''Mons Maraldi''' is the light-colored circular feature in the center of the field.<br /> <br /> | |
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Mons%20Maraldi LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mons%20Maraldi%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Maraldi Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Mons%20Maraldi LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mons%20Maraldi%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Maraldi Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* According to Mary Blagg's ''[[Collated%20List|Collated List]]'' (where it is catalog #278), this feature was named '''[[Maraldi|Maraldi]] Gamma''' by [[Neison%2C%201876|Neison]], and it was introduced into the original IAU nomenclature of ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]'' in that form. | * According to Mary Blagg's ''[[Collated%20List|Collated List]]'' (where it is catalog #278), this feature was named '''[[Maraldi|Maraldi]] Gamma''' by [[Neison%2C%201876|Neison]], and it was introduced into the original IAU nomenclature of ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]'' in that form. | ||
* The system of Greek lettered peaks was dropped in 1973 ([[IAU%20Transactions%20XVB|IAU Transactions XVB]]), to be replaced by new names using the Latin prefix [[mons|mons]]. | * The system of Greek lettered peaks was dropped in 1973 ([[IAU%20Transactions%20XVB|IAU Transactions XVB]]), to be replaced by new names using the Latin prefix [[mons|mons]]. | ||
| − | * [[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB|IAU Transactions XVIB]] (1976) made a special exception for the present peak, which was to be known by the hybrid name '''Mons Maraldi Gamma'''. This is in a section of recommendations attributed by Whitaker to the [[LPACC|LPACC]]. Later in the same transactions the name is "corrected" to '''Mons Maraldi''' (without the '''Gamma'''), the name under which it is currently known. <span class="membersnap">- | + | * [[IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB|IAU Transactions XVIB]] (1976) made a special exception for the present peak, which was to be known by the hybrid name '''Mons Maraldi Gamma'''. This is in a section of recommendations attributed by Whitaker to the [[LPACC|LPACC]]. Later in the same transactions the name is "corrected" to '''Mons Maraldi''' (without the '''Gamma'''), the name under which it is currently known. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span> |
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 15 April 2018
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Mons Maraldi
(current IAU name; former IAU name(?): Mons Maraldi Gamma; before that: Maraldi Gamma)
| Lat: 20.3°N, Long: 35.3°E, Diam: 15 km, Height: km, Rükl: 25 |
LO-IV-073-H3 Mons Maraldi is the light-colored circular feature in the center of the field.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 43D2) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named after the nearby crater (Maraldi).
- According to Mary Blagg's Collated List (where it is catalog #278), this feature was named Maraldi Gamma by Neison, and it was introduced into the original IAU nomenclature of Named Lunar Formations in that form.
- The system of Greek lettered peaks was dropped in 1973 (IAU Transactions XVB), to be replaced by new names using the Latin prefix mons.
- IAU Transactions XVIB (1976) made a special exception for the present peak, which was to be known by the hybrid name Mons Maraldi Gamma. This is in a section of recommendations attributed by Whitaker to the LPACC. Later in the same transactions the name is "corrected" to Mons Maraldi (without the Gamma), the name under which it is currently known. - Jim Mosher
LPOD Articles
A Mountain or a Molehill
Mons of Mystery
Bibliography
