Lacus Felicitatis

Lacus Felicitatis

Lat: 19.0°N, Long: 5.0°E, Diam: 90 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2022 Rükl: 22]

Table of Contents

[#Lacus Felicitatis Lacus Felicitatis]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Images Images]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Maps Maps]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Description Description]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Ina's remarkable bluish coloration Ina's remarkable bluish coloration]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Lacus Felicitatis-Bibliography Bibliography]

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Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Lacus Felicitatis was captured on many orbital frames made during the Apollo program.
Apollo 17's oblique southward looking Fairchild-camera frame AS17-M-1673 shows Lacus Felicitatis near the frame's right margin, while AS17-M-2426 shows it near the frame's centre.
Research Danny Caes

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 41C4) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map

Description

Description: Wikipedia

Lacus Felicitatis

Additional Information

Orbital Hasselblad photographs of the D-shaped formation Ina near Lacus Felicitatis, made by the astronauts of Apollo 15 and Apollo 17: (D.Caes research).
 Apollo 15, Magazine QQ (black and white)
 AS15-81-11013 (high sun)
 Apollo 15, Magazine RR (black and white)
 AS15-95-12893 (high sun)
 AS15-95-12894 (high sun)
 Apollo 17, Magazine OO (color)
 AS17-151-23259 (in the distance)
 Apollo 17, Magazine PP (color)
 AS17-152-23286 (high sun)
 AS17-152-23287 (see also: Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, page 4-23).
 Apollo 17, Magazine MM (color)
 AS17-153-23577
 AS17-153-23578
 Apollo 17, Magazine QQ (black and white)
 AS17-154-23667
 AS17-154-23672 (see also: Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, page 30-15).
 

• For examples of Apollo photos of [/Ina Ina] at much higher resolution see the freely available article by G. J. Taylor (2006) which includes some of the startlingly clear images from the article in Nature by Schultz, Staid and Pieters (2006).

Ina's remarkable bluish coloration

Apollo 17's orbital color Hasselblads of the Lacus Felicitatis region show very well Ina's remarkable bluish coloration. This blue color is also noticeable on the LROC's WAC Albedo/Color Map, see close-up of the Lacus Felicitatis region: http://bit.ly/1GOUc0D
 
 

Nomenclature

- "Lake of Happiness".
  - Called the Saddled Donkey by the dedicated observer of the moon Aleksander Božič (SandiBandi) from Slovenia, see comments section below this page.
 
 

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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