Rükl 56

Rükl Zone 56 - AZOPHI

Neighboring maps on the Rükl Nearside Map:

44	45	46
55	56	57
65	66	67

Photographic Map

(This map is based on an Earth-based photograph that has been computer-corrected to zero libration. The vertical white lines indicate the left and right boundaries of the Rükl rectangle)
 
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Named Features

• Abenezra (Van Langren's Schyrlei).
• Airy (Van Langren's Crequii).
• Almanon (Van Langren's Isenburgi).
• Apianus (Van Langren's Lennoxis, J.Hewelcke's Mons cydices).
• Argelander (Van Langren's Naudei).
• Asia Minor (regio) (J.Hewelcke's disallowed name for the whole of Chart 56).
• Azophi (Van Langren's Mersenni).
• Benitez (a disallowed name from H.P.Wilkins for Pontanus C).
• Catena Abulfeda (north of Almanon) (more precisely: between Almanon and Abulfeda) (for Abulfeda see Chart 45).
• Celenorum Tumulus (J.Hewelcke's disallowed name for the La Caille-Vogel chain).
• Geber (Van Langren's Tassis).
• Klepesta (a disallowed name from F.C.Lamech for Airy B).
• Krusenstern
• Mons Antitaurus (J.Hewelcke's disallowed name for the Almanon-Playfair chain).
• Playfair (Van Langren's Valerii).
• Pontanus
• Sacrobosco
• Sisebuto (a disallowed name from H.P.Wilkins for Azophi A).
• Terra Dignitatis (Van Langren's disallowed name for the whole of Chart 56).
• Terra Fertilitatis (Riccioli's discontinued name for the region south of Geber) (thus depicted on the map in the Dutch book Op Ontdekking in het Maanland by A.J.M.Wanders, 1949).
• Terra Sanitatis (Riccioli's discontinued name for the region north of Abenezra) (thus depicted on the map in the Dutch book Op Ontdekking in het Maanland by A.J.M.Wanders, 1949).
• Vogel
• Werner-Airy Basin (unofficial name) (see also Rukl Zone 55).

Lettered Crater Locations

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Lettered craters by quadrants

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Additional Information

• Other online descriptions of features in this Rükl map section:
  • UAI guide
  • Hitchhiker's Guide

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