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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2410 LO-IV-115H]'' Promontorium Agassiz is the triangular area of peaks around the one indicated by the arrow. According to its [[IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer|IAU coordinates]], the next series of peaks to the north (starting with the one indicated by the second arrow) is [[Promontorium%20Deville|Promontorium Deville]], although there seems to be some disagreement about this.<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Promontorium Agassiz Promontorium Agassiz]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Promontorium Agassiz-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2410 LO-IV-115H]'' Promontorium Agassiz is the triangular area of peaks around the one indicated by the arrow. According to its [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU coordinates], the next series of peaks to the north (starting with the one indicated by the second arrow) is [/Promontorium%20Deville Promontorium Deville], although there seems to be some disagreement about this.<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Promontorium%20Agassiz LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Promontorium%20Agassiz%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Promontorium%20Agassiz LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Promontorium%20Agassiz%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br />  
* Although there seems to be nothing in the LPI's Apollo Images Search for '''Promontorium Agassiz''' and adjacent peaks in the [/Montes%20Alpes Montes Alpes], there ARE orbital Apollo photographs of those peaks! For example: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-M-1538 Fairchild-Metric image AS15-M-1538] which shows these peaks at the centre of the curved horizon! (north of '''Aristillus'''). Research Danny Caes.
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* Although there seems to be nothing in the LPI's Apollo Images Search for '''Promontorium Agassiz''' and adjacent peaks in the [[Montes%20Alpes|Montes Alpes]], there ARE orbital Apollo photographs of those peaks! For example: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-M-1538 Fairchild-Metric image AS15-M-1538] which shows these peaks at the centre of the curved horizon! (north of '''Aristillus'''). Research Danny Caes.
 
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==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 25B4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac25/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I666/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
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''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 25B4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac25/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I666/ Geologic map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
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* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4839 Promontorium Agassiz]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4839 Promontorium Agassiz]
* Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.28 km
 
** Cherrington, 1969: 2.28 km
* Boint measured its height as 2470m +or- 50m on the eastern end and 1710m +or- 30m on the western end ([/Boint%2C%202001 Boint, 2001]). <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span>
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* Boint measured its height as 2470m +or- 50m on the eastern end and 1710m +or- 30m on the western end ([[Boint%2C%202001|Boint, 2001]]). <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span>
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
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* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Louis_Rodolphe_Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz] (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873), a Swiss-American zoologist, glaciologist, geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. Agassiz is remembered today for his theories on ice ages, and for his resistance to Charles Darwin's theories on evolution, which he kept up his entire life. In 1837 Agassiz was the first to scientifically propose that the Earth had been subject to a past ice age. He wrote four (of a planned ten) volumes of ''Natural History of the United States'' which were published from 1857 to 1862.
 
* Named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Louis_Rodolphe_Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz] (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873), a Swiss-American zoologist, glaciologist, geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. Agassiz is remembered today for his theories on ice ages, and for his resistance to Charles Darwin's theories on evolution, which he kept up his entire life. In 1837 Agassiz was the first to scientifically propose that the Earth had been subject to a past ice age. He wrote four (of a planned ten) volumes of ''Natural History of the United States'' which were published from 1857 to 1862.
 
* There is also a craterlet called '''Agassiz''' at the '''Taurus-Littrow Valley''' (the landing site of Apollo 17). '''Agassiz''' (crater) - "Louis Agassiz was one of several natural scientists who studied geological and biological samples and other information returned by early Army explorers of the American West (see crater '''Emory'''). This name also honors all the modern investigators upon whom falls the responsibility and opportunity of amortizing our scientific investment in space." (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones).
 
* There is also a craterlet called '''Agassiz''' at the '''Taurus-Littrow Valley''' (the landing site of Apollo 17). '''Agassiz''' (crater) - "Louis Agassiz was one of several natural scientists who studied geological and biological samples and other information returned by early Army explorers of the American West (see crater '''Emory'''). This name also honors all the modern investigators upon whom falls the responsibility and opportunity of amortizing our scientific investment in space." (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones).
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*Since 2020, the IAU has been pressured to remove the name Agassiz from the Moon because in addition to being an outstanding scientist, Agassiz was a virulent racist. The IAU decided to maintain the name because it has been on the Moon since 1878, and is used on existing maps and in past publications; but the pressure continues.
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==LPOD Articles==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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* Hill, Harold. 1991. [/Hill%2C%201991 A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings]., page 15.
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* Hill, Harold. 1991. [[Hill%2C%201991|A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings]]., page 15.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 10 December 2020

Promontorium Agassiz

Lat: 42.37°N, Long: 1.74°E, Diam: 18.84 km, Depth: 2.28 km, Rükl: 12

external image normal_Pr_Agassiz-Pr_Deville_LO-IV-115H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-115H Promontorium Agassiz is the triangular area of peaks around the one indicated by the arrow. According to its IAU coordinates, the next series of peaks to the north (starting with the one indicated by the second arrow) is Promontorium Deville, although there seems to be some disagreement about this.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

  • Although there seems to be nothing in the LPI's Apollo Images Search for Promontorium Agassiz and adjacent peaks in the Montes Alpes, there ARE orbital Apollo photographs of those peaks! For example: Fairchild-Metric image AS15-M-1538 which shows these peaks at the centre of the curved horizon! (north of Aristillus). Research Danny Caes.


Maps

(LAC zone 25B4) LAC map Geologic map

Description


Wikipedia

Promontorium Agassiz

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873), a Swiss-American zoologist, glaciologist, geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. Agassiz is remembered today for his theories on ice ages, and for his resistance to Charles Darwin's theories on evolution, which he kept up his entire life. In 1837 Agassiz was the first to scientifically propose that the Earth had been subject to a past ice age. He wrote four (of a planned ten) volumes of Natural History of the United States which were published from 1857 to 1862.
  • There is also a craterlet called Agassiz at the Taurus-Littrow Valley (the landing site of Apollo 17). Agassiz (crater) - "Louis Agassiz was one of several natural scientists who studied geological and biological samples and other information returned by early Army explorers of the American West (see crater Emory). This name also honors all the modern investigators upon whom falls the responsibility and opportunity of amortizing our scientific investment in space." (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones).
  • Since 2020, the IAU has been pressured to remove the name Agassiz from the Moon because in addition to being an outstanding scientist, Agassiz was a virulent racist. The IAU decided to maintain the name because it has been on the Moon since 1878, and is used on existing maps and in past publications; but the pressure continues.


LPOD Articles


Bibliography



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