Rükl 46

Rükl Zone 46 - THEOPHILUS

Neighboring maps on the Rükl Nearside Map:

34	35	36
45	46	47
56	57	58

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

• Alfraganus
• A.Pavlov (somewhere east or east-southeast of Cyrillus should be a crater (or another surface formation) which was once known as A.Pavlov. This name is mentioned in the book THE MOON by A.V.Markov, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name).
• Caramuelis (Van Langren's disallowed name for the curious high-albedo region at the bowl-shaped craterlets Descartes C and Dollond E) (note: was this bright spot perhaps the eastern one of the three wise men which were depicted as stars on the map made by Melchior a Briga in 1747? See: Tres S.S.Reges Magi on pages 90-91 in E.A.Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon).
• Chuck Hole (an informal NASA related name for a crater west of Moltke, in U.S Highway Number One, aka Rimae Hypatia).
• Cyrillus (Van Langren's Ferd. Caroli Leop. F., J.Hewelcke's Mons Moschus).
• The cluster of central peaks at Cyrillus seems to have been called Cyrillus Alpha, Cyrillus Delta, and Cyrillus Eta.
• Delambre (Van Langren's Crani, J.Hewelcke's Mons Amanus, Riccioli's S. Dionysius Areop.).
• Delambre Epsilon (elevation south of Delambre) (see page 123 in Tony Dethier's Maanmonografieen) (the name Delambre Epsilon is not mentioned on Chart 57 in the Times Atlas of the Moon).
• Hypatia
• Ibn-Rushd (once called Rossard by F.C.Lamech).
• Kant (Van Langren's Pironi).
• Kant Plateau (an informal name, see page Kant).
• Little Moltke (an informal NASA related name for the small bowl shaped crater Moltke B, east-southeast of Moltke itself).
• Lost Valley (an informal NASA related name for the bay-like depression east-southeast of Hypatia C).
• Mare Tranquillitatis (Van Langren's Mare Belgicum) (a tiny bit of its southwestern section at Moltke and Rimae Hypatia is seen at the upper right corner of Chart 46).
• Moltke
• Mons Penck
• Prom. Chadisia (J.Hewelcke's disallowed name for a certain region near Moltke).
• Prom. S. Ludovici (Van Langren's disallowed name for the region north of Hypatia).
• Rimae Hypatia (called U.S. Highway Number One during the early heydays of Project Apollo).
• Seneschali (Van Langren's disallowed name for Alfraganus Alpha).
• Sinus Asperitatis (Van Langren's Sinus Batavicus, J.Hewelcke's Sinus Atheniensis) (north of Theophilus, see Chart 47 for wiki link).
• Taylor (Van Langren's Ulloae, J.Hewelcke's Mons Tmolus).
• Terra Dignitatis (Van Langren's disallowed name for the western part of Chart 46).
• Terra Sanitatis (Riccioli's discontinued name for the western part of Chart 46).
• The Gashes (an informal NASA related name for the cluster of craterlets east-northeast of Moltke).
• Theophilus (Van Langren's Ferd. Francisci Imp. Rom. F., J.Hewelcke's Mons Moschus).
• The cluster of central peaks at Theophilus seems to have been called Theophilus Alpha, Theophilus Phi, and Theophilus Psi.
• Thud Ridge (an informal NASA related name for the oblong hill near the upper right corner of Chart 46).
• Worm Rille (an informal NASA related name for the irregular trough just north of Chuck Hole, west of Moltke).
• Zöllner (Van Langren's Trederi, J.Hewelcke's Mons Lipulus).

Lettered Crater Locations

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Full zone with lettered craters

Lettered craters by quadrants

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South West	South East

Additional Information

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

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