26.Cleomedes

The north-western part of Mare Crisium is surrounded by mighty mountain ranges. If the light comes in at a low angle we see many ridges crisscrossing the mare. The rays of Proclus reach till here, and when the Sun is high in the local sky, they become very bright for observers on Earth.

CLEOMEDES - Cleomedes (1th Century BC) (Κλεoμήδης) Greek astronomer who is known chiefly for his book "On the Circular Motions of the Celestial Bodies".

Crater (126km /78Mi Ø ) (Dept: 2,700m /8,858ft) (27.7°N, 55.5°E) Heavily worn and eroded, especially along the southern part of the wall.

MARE CRISIUM - Mare Crisium was named in 1651 by astronomers Francesco Grimaldi and Giovanni Battista Riccioli in their lunar map Almagestum novum.

Mare.  (555Km /345Mi Ø ) (176,000 km²  /68,000 Mi ² ) (17.0°N, 59.1°E) Very flat floor, with a ring of wrinkled ridges toward its outer boundaries.

DEBES - Ernst Debes. (1840 -1923) German cartographer. Worked on school atlases, and a Moon atlas.

Crater. (30km /19Mi Ø ) (Dept:1,050m /3,445ft) (29.5°N, 51.7°E) Rim strongly eroded, southern edge covered by satellite crater Debes A.

DELMOTTE - Gabriel Delmotte (1876 - 1950) French selenographer.  Author of "Recherches sélénographiques et nouvelle théorie des cirques lunaires".

Crater. (32km /20Mi Ø ) (Dept:3,000m /9,843ft) (27.1°N, 60.2°E)  Roughly circular, sharp-edged, slightly angular rim, slender inner wall.

PROMONTORIUM LAVINIUM - PROMONTORIUM OLIVIUM - Two Capes pointing towards each other, at the western edge of Mare Crisum. (Named by William Birt) Inbetween the two capes, not a Bridge, as was suggested in the past, by amateurs John J O'Neill and  H.P.Wilkins, but two craters. 

Capes. (6km /4Mi Ø ) (14.9°N, 49.5°E) (In)Famous capes. In the 1950s a bridge was spotted in-between the two capes...(Since then the Lunar Authorities have taken it down). J

MACROBIUS - Ambrosius Macrobius (4th century AD) Greek/Roman grammarian and author.

Crater. (64km /40Mi Ø ) (Dept:3,700m /11,200ft) (21.3°N, 46.0°E) Multi terraced rim, central mountain, craterlets.

PEIRCE - Benjamin Peirce. (1809 - 1880) American astronomer and mathematician.

Crater. (18km/11Mi Ø ) (Depth: 1,800m /5,906ft) (18.3°N, 53.5°E) Bowl shaped, tiny central hill.

PICARD - Jean Picard. (1620 - 1682) French astronomer.

Crater. (23km /14Mi Ø ) (Depth: 2,400m /7,874ft) (14.6°N, 54.7°E) Circular with many inner terraces, small central mountain.

PROCLUS - Proclus Lycaeus (Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος) (412 – 485 AD) Greek philosopher. Called: "The Successor" (of Plato).

Crater. (28km /17Mi Ø ) (Dept: 2,400m /7,874ft) (16.1°N, 46.8°E) Object of high albedo, being second only to Aristarchus in brightness. Ray system.

PALUS SOMNI - Marsh of Sleep. Named by Riccioli.

Crater. (206km /128Mi Ø ) (15.0° N, 44.0°) The surface has low ridges and patches of level terrain.

 

Curtis

03.0km Ø

Dept: 1.000m

14.6° N,   56.5°   E

Eckert

03.0km Ø

Dept: 2.150m

17.3° N,   58.3°   E
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TISSERAND - François Felix Tisserand (1845 - 1896) French astronemer. Author of "Traité de mécanique céleste". Observed the transit of Venus in 1874.  And in 1883 held the Chair of celestial mechanics at the Sorbonne University in Paris..

Crater. (37km /23Mi Ø ) (Dept: 2,800m /8,000ft) (21.4°N, 48.2°E ) Eroded by impacts, and covered with ray material from Proclus.

TRALLES - Johann G. Tralles (1763 - 1822) German physicist. Inventor of the alcoholmeter.

Crater. (43km /27Mi Ø ) (Dept: 3,350m /10,991ft) (28.4°N, 52.8°E) Strangely shaped  formation with an irregular edge. The rugged interior has the appearance of three overlapping craters. Placed on the western rim of Cleomedes.

YERKES - Charles T.Yerkes. (1837–1905) American millionaire from Chicago. financier of Yerkes Observatory. And at the time the world's biggest refractor.

Crater. (36km /22Mi Ø ) (14.6°N, 51.7°E) Almost completely flooded by lava leaving only a shallow remnant of a rim.

 

 

 

 

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