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37.Taruntius
The
border between Mare Tranquilliatis and Mare Fecunditatis is formed by a
narrowstrip of land. In the north east we find the dark plains of Mare
Crisum, surrounded by a massif rich in craters. The edge of Mare Crisum
looks particulary brilliant when the terminator is near.
MARE CRISIUM
- See of Dangers. Named by
Riccioli.
 Mare.
(411Km /242Mi
Ø
) (176,000Km² /68,000Mi² ) (17.0°N, 59.1°E)
Very flat floor, with a ring of
wrinkled ridges toward its outer boundaries, ghost craters.
DA VINCI -
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Italian
painter, artist, architect, scientist..etc.
Crater
(2,100m /6,889ft
Ø
) (Dept: 600m /1,968ft)
(27.7° N, 11.8° E)
MARE FECUNDITATIS -
See of Fertility. Named by
Riccioli.
Mare.
(840 km /520 Mi
Ø
) (326,000 km²) (7.8°S, 51.3°E) Formation with irregular
shape. Ridges.
GLAISHER -
James Glaisher (1809
- 1903)
Balloonist, meteorologist, superintendent of the Department of
Meteorology and Magnetism at Greenwich for thirty-four years.
Crater.
(16km /10Mi
Ø
) (Dept: 2,600m /7,900ft) (13.2°N, 49.5°E) Circular,
bowl-shaped interior, small floor at the midpoint. A merged, double-crater
formation is attached to its southern rim, consisting of Glaisher E at the
northwest end and Glaisher G to the southeast.
LICK -
James Lick. (1796–1876) American
industrial,
financier of Lick Observatory.
Crater.
(31km /19Mi
Ø
) (Depth: 300m /984ft) (12.4°N, 52.7°E) Bright circular bowl
shaped formation, situated between Rima Cauchy and Rupes Cauchy.
SECCHI -
Angelo Secchi (1818
- 1878) Pioneer in stellar spectroscopy. Author of the first
classification of stars according to their spectrum (1868). Solar
prominences studies.
Crater.
(25km /15Mi
Ø
) (Dept: 1,900m /5,800ft) (2.4°N 43.5°E) Wrecked formation
north-south lengthened shape. Steep slopes supporting Montes Secchi to the
North-West. Walls interrupted to the South. Flat floor with hills.
PALUS SOMNI -
Marsh of Sleep.
Named by
Riccioli.
Crater.
(206km /121Mi
Ø
) (15.0° N, 44.0°) The surface has low ridges and patches of
level terrain.
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Proclus |
A |
14.7km Ø |
Dept: 2,440m |
13.4°N, 42.3° E |
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Zähringer |
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11.3km Ø |
Dept: 2,110m
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0 5.6°N, 40.2° E |
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Taruntius |
S |
05.0km Ø |
Dept: 0,940m
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4.9° N, 42.4° E |
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Secchi |
A |
05.0km Ø |
Dept: 1,050m |
0 3.3°N, 41.5° E |
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Cauchy |
W |
03.9km Ø |
Dept: 0.650m
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10.6°N, 41.6° E |
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Abbot |
|
10.0km Ø |
Dept: 2,110m |
05.6°N, 54.8° E |
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Cameron |
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12.0km Ø |
Dept: 1,100m |
0 6.2°N, 45.9° E |
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Lawrence |
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26.0km Ø |
Dept: 1,000m |
07.4°N, 43.2° E |
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Tebutt |
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32.0km Ø |
Dept: 0,400m |
09.6°N, 53.6° E |
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Watts |
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15.0km Ø |
Dept: 0,900m |
08.9°N, 46.3° E |
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TARUNTIUS -
Lucius Taruntius Firmanus
(ca. 86 BC) Roman mathematician and philosopher.
Crater.
(59km /34Mi
Ø
) (Dept: 1,200m /3,600ft) (5.6°N, 46.5°E ) Circular
formation damaged to the north. Steep slopes supporting Taruntius L to the
west and Taruntius B to the south, walls crushed by Cameron to the
north-west. Tormented floor. Internal hills ring. Central mountain.
Craterlets and ridges.
MARE TRANQUILLITATIS
- Sea of Tranquillety. Named so by
Riccioli.
Mare.
(674km /419Mi
Ø
) (303,000 km²)
(28.0°N, 17.5°E) Almost circular in shape. Numerous rilles towards the
periphery. Numerous internal wrinkled ridges.
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