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[[Image:MountMarilyn.jpg|MountMarilyn.jpg]]<br /> <span class="membersnap">- JohnMoore2</span><br />  Triangular-shaped '''Mount Marilyn''' and crater '''Secchi O''' at its northern "''corner''". The odd crater immediately northwest of '''Mount Marilyn''' is known as '''Weatherford''', which is one of the NASA-related names from astronaut Thomas Stafford of Apollo 10.<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn) Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)]</div><div style="margin-left: 3em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)--NASA-related name, previously known as Secchi Theta NASA-related name, previously known as Secchi Theta]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:MountMarilyn.jpg|MountMarilyn.jpg]]<br /> <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 [[Image:JohnMoore2-lg.jpg|16px|JohnMoore2]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/JohnMoore2 JohnMoore2]</span><br />  Triangular-shaped '''Mount Marilyn''' and crater '''Secchi O''' at its northern "''corner''". The odd crater immediately northwest of '''Mount Marilyn''' is known as '''Weatherford''', which is one of the NASA-related names from astronaut Thomas Stafford of Apollo 10.<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
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'''Mount Marilyn''' ('''Secchi Theta''') is captured on Apollo 15's orbital panoramic ''ITEK''-camera frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10153 AS15-P-10153].<br /> <br />  
 
'''Mount Marilyn''' ('''Secchi Theta''') is captured on Apollo 15's orbital panoramic ''ITEK''-camera frame [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-P-10153 AS15-P-10153].<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
''[/LAC%20zone LAC zone]'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_61_wac.pdf/ LAC 61 map]<br /> <br />  
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''[[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]]'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Lunar/lac_61_wac.pdf/ LAC 61 map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
'''Mount Marilyn''' is a very easy target for all sorts of telescopes and large binoculars! Once in the sixties, this triangle-shaped formation played an important role during the missions of Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11, because it was one of the many signposts on the (westward) ''road'' to the zone of a possible landing site north of '''Moltke'''!<br /> <br />  
 
'''Mount Marilyn''' is a very easy target for all sorts of telescopes and large binoculars! Once in the sixties, this triangle-shaped formation played an important role during the missions of Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11, because it was one of the many signposts on the (westward) ''road'' to the zone of a possible landing site north of '''Moltke'''!<br /> <br />  
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==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
'''Mount Marilyn''' was officially named by the IAU on 26 July 2017<br />  It was also known as '''''Secchi Theta''''', as part of [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Montes%20Secchi Montes Secchi]<br /> <br />  
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'''Mount Marilyn''' was officially named by the IAU on 26 July 2017<br />  It was also known as '''''Secchi Theta''''', as part of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Montes%20Secchi Montes Secchi]<br /> <br />  
 
==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
 
[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15617 IAU official page]<br />  The source of the name '''Mount Marilyn''' was the NASA during the hey-days of Project Apollo, more precisely astronaut James Lovell of Apollo 8. Lovell's wife seems to have been the real source of the name '''Mount Marilyn'''.<br />  Would have been great if every one of the 24 Apollo astronauts who went to the moon invented names for pronounced mountain-like formations on the moon, all named after their wives'''...'''<br /> <br />  
 
[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15617 IAU official page]<br />  The source of the name '''Mount Marilyn''' was the NASA during the hey-days of Project Apollo, more precisely astronaut James Lovell of Apollo 8. Lovell's wife seems to have been the real source of the name '''Mount Marilyn'''.<br />  Would have been great if every one of the 24 Apollo astronauts who went to the moon invented names for pronounced mountain-like formations on the moon, all named after their wives'''...'''<br /> <br />  
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 16 April 2018

Mount Marilyn (aka Mons Marilyn)

NASA-related name, previously known as Secchi Theta

Lat: 1.13°N, Long: 40.0°E, Diam: 30 km, Height: km

MountMarilyn.jpg
- JohnMoore2
Triangular-shaped Mount Marilyn and crater Secchi O at its northern "corner". The odd crater immediately northwest of Mount Marilyn is known as Weatherford, which is one of the NASA-related names from astronaut Thomas Stafford of Apollo 10.

Images

Mount Marilyn (Secchi Theta) is captured on Apollo 15's orbital panoramic ITEK-camera frame AS15-P-10153.

Maps

LAC zone LAC 61 map

Description

Mount Marilyn is a very easy target for all sorts of telescopes and large binoculars! Once in the sixties, this triangle-shaped formation played an important role during the missions of Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11, because it was one of the many signposts on the (westward) road to the zone of a possible landing site north of Moltke!

Description: Wikipedia


Additional Information

Mount Marilyn was officially named by the IAU on 26 July 2017
It was also known as Secchi Theta, as part of Montes Secchi

Nomenclature

IAU official page
The source of the name Mount Marilyn was the NASA during the hey-days of Project Apollo, more precisely astronaut James Lovell of Apollo 8. Lovell's wife seems to have been the real source of the name Mount Marilyn.
Would have been great if every one of the 24 Apollo astronauts who went to the moon invented names for pronounced mountain-like formations on the moon, all named after their wives...

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LROC Articles


Bibliography