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.


 

Proclus

A

14.7km Ø

Dept:  2,440m

  13.4°N,  42.3°  E

Zähringer 

11.3km Ø

Dept:  2,110m

0 5.6°N,   40.2°  E

 

Taruntius  S 05.0km Ø Dept:  0,940m    4.9° N,  42.4°  E

Secchi

A

05.0km Ø

Dept:  1,050m 

0 3.3°N,   41.5°  E

Cauchy

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03.9km Ø

Dept:  0.650m

 10.6°N,   41.6°  E

Abbot

 

10.0km Ø

Dept:  2,110m

 05.6°N,   54.8°  E

Cameron 12.0km Ø Dept:  1,100m 0 6.2°N,   45.9°  E

Lawrence 26.0km Ø Dept:  1,000m  07.4°N,   43.2°  E

Tebutt 32.0km Ø Dept:  0,400m  09.6°N,   53.6°  E

Watts 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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