11.Le Verrier

In the Central and Northern part of Mare Imbrium we find few big craters, and also few mountain chains. Interesting views we see at Sunrise and sunset, the mountains at the northern edge of the map than cast long shadows, which in the past caused people to get the wrong idea about the heights of the mountains. South (40km) of Laplace F we find Jade Rabbit, the Chinese Moomlander plus Rover. (44° 7′ 12″ N, 19° 30′ 36″ W ) (December 14, 2013).

LE VERRIER - Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier. (Saint Lô, France, in 1811- Paris, France in 1877) French Mathematician and Astronomer, calculated the position of the, than still undiscovered, planet Neptune in 1846, (independent of Adams) Member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1846. Director of the observatory of Paris in 1854.

Crater. (20 Km /12 Mi ø ) (Dept: 2,100 m /6,400 ft) (40.3° N, 20.6° W) Circular formation. Forms a pair with Helicon. High walls, damaged to the North. Flat floor. Lines of crests. Small central mountain.

PICO - Mons Pico. Named after a mountain on Tenerife (by: Schröter  in 1802).

Mountain (14 x 24 km /15 x 9 Mi) (45.7° N, 8.9° W) (Height: 2,400 m /7,300ft) Elongated and South-East North-West oriented mountain. Isolated summit, emerging from the lava of Mare Imbrium. The mountain Beta is equally isolated to the South.

MONTES RECTI - Montes Recti, Latin name for "Straight Mountains", named so by Birt and Lee in 1865).

Mountains (94 x 19.5Km /55 x 12 Mi) (Height: 1,800m /5,500ft) (48.0°N, 20.0°W) Small range of irregular ridges forming a line from east to west. The small crater Montes Recti B lies in the eastern part of the range.

MONTES TENERIFFE - Mountains of Tenerife, named so by Birt and Lee in 1865).

Mountains. (94 x 19.5 Km /55 x 12Mi) (Height: 1,800 m /5,500 ft) (48.0°N, 20.0°W) Roughly a rectilinear chain oriented West-East. Two blocks detached to the North and to the east. Six main summits emerging from the lava of Mare Imbrium.

MARE IMBRIUM -  Sea of Rains. Named by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651.  (Riccioli's Moon Map)

Mare (1,145 km /711 Mi ø ) (32.8°N 15.6°W) (830,000 km² ) Second largest lunar sea. Very flat floor with numerous wrinkle ridges at the periphery. Contains the 1st discovered Mascon.

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