Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Advice on using this book
- Contents
- The Moon – an introduction
- Atlas of lunar formations
- 1 Mare Smythii
- 2a Mare Crisium
- 2b Mare Crisium
- 3 Cleomedes
- 4 Endymion
- 5 Atlas/Hercules
- 6 Montes Taurus
- 7 Palus Somni
- 8a Mare Fecunditatis
- 8b Mare Fecunditatis
- 9 Langrenus/Petavius
- 10 Mare Australe
- 11 Vlacq
- 12 Vallis Rheita
- 13a Mare Nectaris
- 13b Mare Nectaris
- 14 Rupes Altai
- 15 Abulfeda
- 16 Theophilus
- 17 Sinus Asperitatis
- 18 Statio Tranquillitatis
- 19a Mare Tranquillitatis
- 19b Mare Tranquillitatis
- 20a Mare Serenitatis
- 20b Mare Serenitatis
- 21 Posidonius
- 22 Lacus Mortis
- 23 Aristoteles/Eudoxus
- 24 Montes Caucasus
- 25 Autolycus/Aristillus
- 26 Cassini
- 27 Montes Alpes
- 28 Plato
- 29 Montes Teneriffe
- 30 Archimedes
- 31a Montes Apenninus
- 31b Montes Apenninus
- 32 Mare Vaporum
- 33 Rima Ariadaeus
- 34 Rima Hyginus
- 35 Sinus Medii
- 36 Hipparchus
- 37a Ptolemaeus
- 37b Ptolemaeus
- 38 Rupes Recta
- 39 Regiomontanus
- 40 Maurolycus
- 41 South Pole
- 42 Clavius
- 43 Tycho
- 44 Schiller
- 45 Palus Epidemiarum
- 46 Pitatus
- 47 Mare Nubium
- 48 Fra Mauro
- 49 Mare Cognitum
- 50 Mare Insularum
- 51a Copernicus
- 51b Copernicus
- 52 Eratosthenes
- 53a Mare Imbrium
- 53b Mare Imbrium
- 54 Sinus Iridum
- 55 Gruithuisen
- 56 Mare Frigoris
- 57 North Pole
- 58 Aristarchus
- 59 Kepler
- 60 Seleucus
- 61 Reiner
- 62 Letronne/Hansteen
- 63 Gassendi
- 64 Mare Humorum
- 65 Schickard
- 66 Sirsalis
- 67 Grimaldi
- 68 Mare Orientale
- 69 Lunar Farside
- Glossary
- Index of lunar features
- Image credits
- Further reading and references
31b - Montes Apenninus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Advice on using this book
- Contents
- The Moon – an introduction
- Atlas of lunar formations
- 1 Mare Smythii
- 2a Mare Crisium
- 2b Mare Crisium
- 3 Cleomedes
- 4 Endymion
- 5 Atlas/Hercules
- 6 Montes Taurus
- 7 Palus Somni
- 8a Mare Fecunditatis
- 8b Mare Fecunditatis
- 9 Langrenus/Petavius
- 10 Mare Australe
- 11 Vlacq
- 12 Vallis Rheita
- 13a Mare Nectaris
- 13b Mare Nectaris
- 14 Rupes Altai
- 15 Abulfeda
- 16 Theophilus
- 17 Sinus Asperitatis
- 18 Statio Tranquillitatis
- 19a Mare Tranquillitatis
- 19b Mare Tranquillitatis
- 20a Mare Serenitatis
- 20b Mare Serenitatis
- 21 Posidonius
- 22 Lacus Mortis
- 23 Aristoteles/Eudoxus
- 24 Montes Caucasus
- 25 Autolycus/Aristillus
- 26 Cassini
- 27 Montes Alpes
- 28 Plato
- 29 Montes Teneriffe
- 30 Archimedes
- 31a Montes Apenninus
- 31b Montes Apenninus
- 32 Mare Vaporum
- 33 Rima Ariadaeus
- 34 Rima Hyginus
- 35 Sinus Medii
- 36 Hipparchus
- 37a Ptolemaeus
- 37b Ptolemaeus
- 38 Rupes Recta
- 39 Regiomontanus
- 40 Maurolycus
- 41 South Pole
- 42 Clavius
- 43 Tycho
- 44 Schiller
- 45 Palus Epidemiarum
- 46 Pitatus
- 47 Mare Nubium
- 48 Fra Mauro
- 49 Mare Cognitum
- 50 Mare Insularum
- 51a Copernicus
- 51b Copernicus
- 52 Eratosthenes
- 53a Mare Imbrium
- 53b Mare Imbrium
- 54 Sinus Iridum
- 55 Gruithuisen
- 56 Mare Frigoris
- 57 North Pole
- 58 Aristarchus
- 59 Kepler
- 60 Seleucus
- 61 Reiner
- 62 Letronne/Hansteen
- 63 Gassendi
- 64 Mare Humorum
- 65 Schickard
- 66 Sirsalis
- 67 Grimaldi
- 68 Mare Orientale
- 69 Lunar Farside
- Glossary
- Index of lunar features
- Image credits
- Further reading and references
Summary
Rima Bradley 23.8°N, 1.2°W
A conspicuous, 3 km wide straight rille running parallel to the Apennines, 130 km long. It undoubtedly marks a fracture zone at the foot of the Apennines.
Rimae Fresnel 28.0°N, 4.0°E
A complex system of linear rilles with a total length of about 90 km, lying northwest of Mons Hadley. The rille system ends near Cape Fresnel (the northern outlier of the Apennines). Visually, it appears to be an extension of Hadley Rille, but geologically they are separate rille systems.
Rima Hadley 25.0°N, 3.0°E
Rima Hadley is a sinuous rille with an overall length of about 80 km. It begins at the crater Bela, which, with a size of 2 × 11 km, under particular illumination, often appears in a telescope more like a sickle-shaped mountain ridge than a crater. The rille follows the foot of the Apennines, until it turns through 90° and ends at the foot of the mountain Mons Hadley Delta. The rille is a typical lava channel with a width of between 1 and 2 km and a depth of about 300 m. On 30 July 1971, Apollo 15 landed near the rille. The rille was thoroughly investigated, photographed and measured. A descent into the rille by the crew of Apollo 15 was forbidden by the flight directors because of the steep gradients involved.
Marco Polo 15.4°N, 2.0°W
The remnants of an elongated crater, measuring 21 × 28 km, lying behind the Apennine Front.
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- The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas , pp. 105 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012