Rükl 56

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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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Full zone with lettered craters

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Lettered craters by quadrants

(the dashed white lines are the centerlines of the Rükl zones)
North West
North East

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South West
South East


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