List of mountains on the Moon
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This is a list of mountains on the Moon (with a scope including all named mons and montes, planetary science jargon terms roughly equivalent to 'isolated mountain'/'massif' and 'mountain range').
Caveats
[edit]- This list is not comprehensive, as surveying of the Moon is a work in progress.
- Heights are in meters; most peaks have not been surveyed with the precision of a single meter.
- Mountains on the Moon have heights and elevations/altitudes defined relative to various vertical datums (referring to the lunoid), each in turn defined relative to the center of mass (CoM) of the Moon.
- c. 1960 — the U.S. Army Mapping Service datum was established 1,737,988 meters from the CoM.
- c. 1970 — the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters.
- c. 1990 — The Clementine topographic data use 1,737,400 meters as the baseline, and show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon.
- This is not a list of the highest places on the Moon, meaning those farthest from the CoM. Rather, it is a list of peaks at various heights relative to the relevant datum. This is because the Moon has mass asymmetries: the highest point, located on the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6,500 meters higher than Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).
List
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The central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor
Crater Gassendi with central peaks
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ↑ Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. London: Cassell & Co.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fred W. Price (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
- ↑ Patrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as 16,000 feet (4,900 m); Fred Price as 14,000 feet (4,300 m)
- 1 2 61A2S1(50), Grace. Lunar Topophotomap Series. Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency, Topographic Center. Scale: 1:50,000. Projection: Transverse Mercator.
- ↑ Mons Gruithuisen Gamma, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ↑ LROC Quickmap, DEM contours layer
- ↑ Shaffer, David (May 25, 2006). "Apollo 15 Surface Journal: Landing at Hadley". NASA. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- 1 2 3 4 The Moon's Highs and Lows
- ↑ Moriarty III, D. P.; et al. (May 2026). "Mineralogical Characterization of the Lunar South Polar Region: 2. Exploring Mafic-Bearing Targets With Optimized Traverse Paths at Mons Kocher". JGR Planets. 131 (5) e2025JE009429. doi:10.1029/2025JE009429.
- ↑ Wöhler, C.; Lena, R.; Pau, K. C. (March 12–16, 2007). "The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement". Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII. League City, Texas: Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co. p. 1091. Bibcode:2007LPI....38.1091W. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
External links
[edit]- List of named lunar mountains in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
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