Promontorium Agarum
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Promontorium Agarum
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Lat: 13.97°N, Long: 65.86°E, Diam: 62.46 km, Depth: 3.65 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2038 Rükl: 38] |
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Consolidated Lunar Atlas plate D2 The labeled features in this rectified version of the [/Consolidated%20Lunar%20Atlas Consolidated Lunar Atlas] plate are [/Condorcet Condorcet], Promontorium Agarum, [/Alhazen Alhazen] and [/Hansen Hansen]. Also visible, but not labeled, are [/Dorsa%20Harker Dorsa Harker] (to the west of Pr. Agarum); [/Mons%20Usov Mons Usov]; [/Auzout Auzout], [/van%20Albada van Albada] and [/Krogh Krogh]; the northeast part of [/Firmicus Firmicus] (in the lower left corner), and the northern part of [/Mare%20Undarum Mare Undarum] (along most of the lower margin).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Promontorium Agarum was captured near the central part of the left margin of Apollo 17's oblique north-looking Fairchild camera frame AS17-M-0914.
- Strange wavy shapes on Promontorium Agarum's western slopes were captured on Apollo 17's orbital ITEK-panoramic frame AS17-P-2220. An even more bizarre look at Promontorium Agarum's western slopes is seen in the much darker ITEK-frame AS17-P-2215.
- Research: Danny Caes
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 62B2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
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([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) CAPE AGARUM.--The N. end of a projecting headland on the S.E. side of the [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium], in N. lat. 14 deg., E. long. 66 deg., rising nearly 11,000 feet above the Mare.
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Promontorium Agarum
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Cherrington, 1969: 3.65 km
Nomenclature
- Named after a cape in the Sea of Azov .
- According to [/Whitaker Whitaker] (p. 209), of the many names introduced by [/Hevelius Hevelius], this is one of just ten that have survived into modern usage; and one of only four still used at the original location.
- This feature is Catalog number 39 in Mary Blagg's Collated List, where [/Neison%2C%201876 Neison, 1876] is noted as using the name Cape Agarum even though [/Beer%20and%20M%C3%A4dler Beer and Mädler] and [/Julius%20Schmidt Julius Schmidt] used Prom. Agarum. Blagg also noticed a footnote to Schmidt's Jan. 31, 1854 observation of the feature in which he notes "It is still often called by name: "Cap Cyrillus".
- This feature entered the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] as Prom. Agarum.
- In the southeastern part of [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium], near Promontorium Agarum, is a formation which was once informally known as [/Barker%27s%20quadrangle Barker's quadrangle].
- You need a powerful magnifying glass to detect the name Prom. Agarum on Chart 48 in the Times Atlas of the Moon (it looks as if the creators of this atlas were not certain if it really was Prom. Agarum). - DannyCaes DannyCaes Nov 8, 2015
LPOD Articles
Forgotten Corner
Mountains by the Sea
Bibliography
- Hill, Harold. 1991. [/A%20Portfolio%20of%20Lunar%20Drawings A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings], pages 26, 27 (the SE corner of the [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] region).
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