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Philipp Salzgeber Wolfurt / Austria
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The
Lunar 100
The Lunar 100 is a list of interesting lunar features
compiled by Charles A.Wood, they are sorted in ascendign difficulty..
When an image is available, the name of the feature is a link
to this image/page.
For a complete list, with coordinates and Rükl
chart numbers, see the Lunar
100 list on the web site of Sky
& Telescope. A laminated
card of the Lunar 100 is also available. I came across another
website with a Lunar 100 project by Doug Anderson, the person
behinde shoestring astronomy: http://www.shoestringastronomy.com/lunar/lunar100.htm
| L |
Feature name |
Significance |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Diameter |
Google moon |
Rükl chart |
| 1 |
Moon |
Large satellite |
- |
- |
3476 |
link |
- |
| 2 |
Earthshine |
Twice reflected Sunlight |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
| 3 |
Mare/highland dichotomy |
Two materials with distinct compositions |
- |
- |
- |
link |
- |
| 4 |
Apennines |
Imbrium basin rim |
18,9N |
3,7W |
400 |
link |
22 |
| 5 |
Copernicus |
Archetypal large complex crater |
9,7N |
20,1W |
83 |
link |
31 |
| 6 |
Tycho |
Large rayed crater with impact melts |
43,45 |
11,1W |
102 |
link |
64 |
| 7 |
Altai Scarp |
Nectaris basin rim |
24,3S |
22,6E |
425 |
link |
57 |
| 8 |
Theophilus, Cyrillus,
Catharina |
Crater sequence illustrating stages of degradation |
13,2S |
24,0E |
110 |
link |
46,57 |
| 9 |
Clavius |
Lacks basin featrues in spite of its size |
58,8S |
14,1W |
245 |
link |
72 |
| 10 |
Mare Crisium |
Mare contained in large circular basin |
18,0N |
59,0E |
540 |
link |
26,27,37,38 |
| 11 |
Aristarchus (2) |
Very bright crater with dark bands on its walls |
23,7N |
47,7W |
40 |
link |
18 |
| 12 |
Proclus |
Oblique-impact rays |
16,1N |
46,8E |
28 |
link |
26 |
| 13 |
Gassendi |
Floor-fractured Crater |
17,6S |
40,1W |
101 |
link |
52 |
| 14 |
Sinus Iridium |
Very large crater with missing rim |
45,0N |
32,0W |
260 |
link |
10 |
| 15 |
Straight Wall |
Best example of a lunar fault |
21,8S |
7,8W |
130 |
link |
54 |
| 16 |
Petavius |
Crater with domed and fractured floor |
25,1S |
60,4E |
188 |
link |
59 |
| 17 |
Schröter's Valley |
Giant sinuous rille |
26,2N |
50,8W |
168 |
link |
18 |
| 18 |
Mare
Serenitatis dark edges |
Distinct mare areas with different compositions |
17,8N |
23,0E |
N/A |
link |
24 |
| 19 |
Alpine
Valley |
Lunar graben |
49,0N |
3,0E |
165 |
link |
4 |
| 20 |
Posidonius |
Floor-fractured crater |
31,8N |
29,9E |
95 |
link |
14 |
| 21 |
Fracastorius |
Crater with subsided and fractured floor |
25,1S |
33,2E |
112 |
link |
58 |
| 22 |
Aristarchus Plateau |
Mysterious uplifted region mantled with pyroclastics |
26,0N |
51,0W |
150 |
link |
44,45 |
| 23 |
Pico |
Isolated Imbrium basin-ring fragment |
45,7N |
8,9W |
25 |
link |
11 |
| 24 |
Hyginus
Rille (2) |
Rille containing rimless collapse pits |
7,4N |
7,8E |
220 |
link |
34 |
| 25 |
Messier and Messier A |
Oblique ricochet-impact pair |
1,9S |
47,6E |
11 |
link |
48 |
| 26 |
Mare Frigoris |
Arcuate mare of uncertain origin |
56,0N |
1,4E |
1600 |
link |
2-6 |
| 27 |
Archimedes |
Large crater lacking central peak |
19,7N |
4,0W |
83 |
link |
12,22 |
| 28 |
Hipparchus |
Subject of first drawing of a single crater |
5,5S |
4,8E |
150 |
link |
44,45 |
| 29 |
Aridaeus Rille |
Long, linear graben |
6,4N |
14,0E |
250 |
link |
34 |
| 30 |
Schiller |
Possible oblique impact |
51,9S |
39,0W |
180 |
link |
71 |
| 31 |
Taruntius |
Young floor-fractured crater |
5,6N |
46,5E |
56 |
link |
37 |
| 32 |
Arago Alpha and Beta |
Volcanic domes |
6,2N |
21,4E |
26 |
link |
35 |
| 33 |
Serpentine Bridge |
Basin inner-ring segment |
27,3N |
25,3E |
155 |
link |
24 |
| 34 |
Lacus Mortis |
Strange crater with rille and ridge |
45,0N |
27,2E |
152 |
link |
14 |
| 35 |
Triesnecker Rilles |
Rille Family |
4,3N |
4,6E |
215 |
link |
33 |
| 36 |
Grimaldi basin |
A small two-ring basin |
5,5 |
68,3W |
410 |
link |
39 |
| 37 |
Bailly |
Barely discernible basin |
66,5S |
69,1W |
303 |
link |
71 |
| 38 |
Sabine and Ritter |
Possible twin impacts |
1,7N |
19,7E |
39 |
link |
35 |
| 39 |
Schickard |
Crater floor with Orientale basin ejecta stripe |
44,3S |
55,3W |
206 |
link |
62 |
| 40 |
Janssen Rille |
Rare examle of a highland rille |
45,4S |
39,3E |
199 |
link |
67,68 |
| 41 |
Bessel
ray |
Ray of uncertain origin near Bessel |
21,8N |
17,9E |
N/A |
link |
24 |
| 42 |
Marius Hills |
Complex of volcanic domes and hills |
12,5N |
54,0W |
125 |
link |
28,29 |
| 43 |
Wargentin |
A crater filled to the rim with lava or ejecta |
49,6S |
60,2W |
84 |
link |
70 |
| 44 |
Mersenius |
Domed floor cut by secondary craters |
21,5S |
49,2W |
84 |
link |
51 |
| 45 |
Maurolycus |
Region of saturation cratering |
42,0S |
14,0E |
114 |
link |
66 |
| 46 |
Regiomontanus central peak |
Possible volcanic peak |
28,0S |
0,6W |
108 |
link |
55 |
| 47 |
Alphonsus
dark spots |
Dark-halo eruptions on crater floor |
13,7S |
3,2W |
119 |
link |
44 |
| 48 |
Cauchy region |
fault, rilles and domes |
10,5N |
38,0E |
130 |
link |
36 |
| 49 |
Gruithuisen Delta and Gamma |
Volcanic domes formed with viscous lavas |
36,3N |
40,0W |
20 |
link |
9 |
| 50 |
Cayley Plains |
Light, smooth plains of uncertain origin |
4,0N |
15,1E |
14 |
link |
34 |
| 51 |
Davy crater chain |
Result of comet-fragment impacts |
11,1S |
6,6W |
34 |
link |
43 |
| 52 |
Crüger |
Possible volcanic caldera |
16,7S |
66,8W |
45 |
link |
50 |
| 53 |
Lamont |
Possible buried basin |
4,4N |
23,7E |
106 |
link |
35 |
| 54 |
Hippalus Rilles |
Rilles concentric to Humorum basin |
24,5S |
29,0S |
240 |
link |
52,53 |
| 55 |
Baco |
Unusually crater floor and surrounding |
51,0S |
19,1E |
69 |
link |
74 |
| 56 |
Mare
Australe |
A partially flooded ancient basin |
49,8S |
84,5E |
132 |
link |
76 |
| 57 |
Reiner Gamma |
Conspicuous swirl and magnetic anomaly |
7,7N |
59,2W |
70 |
link |
28 |
| 58 |
Rheita
Valley (2, 3) |
Basin secondary-crater chain |
42,5S |
51,5E |
445 |
link |
68 |
| 59 |
Schiller-Zucchius basin |
Badly degraded overlooked basin |
56,0S |
45,0W |
335 |
link |
70,71 |
| 60 |
Kies Pi |
Volcanic dome |
26,9S |
24,2W |
45 |
link |
53 |
| 61 |
Mösting A |
Simple crater close to center of lunar near side |
3,2S |
5,2W |
13 |
link |
43 |
| 62 |
Rümker Hills |
Large volcanic dome |
40,8N |
58,1W |
70 |
link |
8 |
| 63 |
Imbrium sculpture |
Basin ejecta near and overlying Bscovich and Julius Caesar |
11,0N |
12,0E |
- |
link |
34 |
| 64 |
Descartes |
Apollo 16 landing site; putative region of highland volcanism |
11,7S |
15,7E |
- |
link |
45 |
| 65 |
Hortensius domes |
Dome field north of Hortensius |
7,6N |
27,9W |
10 |
link |
30 |
| 66 |
Hadley Rille |
Lava channel near Apollo 15 landing site |
25,0N |
3,0E |
- |
link |
22 |
| 67 |
Fra Mauro formation |
Apollo 14 landing site on Imbrium ejecta |
3,6S |
17,5W |
|
link |
42 |
| 68 |
Flamsteed P |
Proposed young volcanic crater, Surveyor 1 landing site |
25,0N |
3,0E |
- |
link |
22 |
| 69 |
Copernicus secondary craters |
Rays and craterlets |
19,6N |
19,1W |
4 |
link |
20 |
| 70 |
Humbodtianum basin |
Multi-ring impact basin |
57,0N |
80,0E |
650 |
link |
7 |
| 71 |
Sulpicius Gallus dark mantle |
Ash eruptions northwest of crater |
19,6N |
11,6E |
12 |
link |
23 |
| 72 |
Atlas dark-halo craters |
Explosive volcanic pits on the floor of Atlas |
46,7N |
44,4E |
87 |
link |
15 |
| 73 |
Smythii basin |
Difficult-to-observe basin scarp and mare |
2,0S |
87,0E |
740 |
link |
38,49 |
| 74 |
Copernicus H |
Dark-halo impact crater |
6,9N |
18,3W |
5 |
link |
31 |
| 75 |
Ptolemaeus
B |
Saucerlike depression on the floor of Ptolemaeus |
8,0S |
0,8W |
164 |
link |
44 |
| 76 |
W. Bond |
Large crater degraded by Imbrium ejecta |
65,3N |
3,7E |
158 |
link |
4 |
| 77 |
Sirsalis Rille |
Procellarum basin radial rilles |
15,7S |
61,7W |
425 |
link |
39,50 |
| 78 |
Lambert R |
A buried "ghost" crater |
23,8N |
20,6W |
54 |
link |
20 |
| 79 |
Sinus Aestuum |
Eastern dark-mantle volcanic deposit |
12,0N |
3,5W |
90 |
link |
33 |
| 80 |
Orientale basin |
Youngest large impact basin |
19,0S |
95,0W |
930 |
link |
50 |
| 81 |
Hesiodus A |
Concentric crater |
30,1S |
17,0W |
15 |
link |
54 |
| 82 |
Linné |
Small crater once thought to have disappeared |
27,7N |
11,8E |
2,4 |
link |
23 |
| 83 |
Plato
craterlets |
Crater pits at limits fo detection |
51,6N |
9,4W |
109 |
link |
3,4 |
| 84 |
Pitatus |
Crater with concentric rilles |
29,8S |
13,5W |
97 |
link |
54 |
| 85 |
Langrenus rays |
Aged ray system |
8,9S |
60,9E |
132 |
link |
49 |
| 86 |
Prinz Rilles |
Rille system near the crter Prinz |
27.0N |
43,0W |
46 |
link |
19 |
| 87 |
Humboldt |
Crater with central peaks and dark spots |
27,0S |
80,0E |
189 |
link |
60 |
| 88 |
Peary |
Difficult-to-observe polar crater |
88,6N |
95,3E |
104 |
link |
4, II |
| 89 |
Valentine Dome |
Volcanic Dome |
30,5N |
10,1E |
30 |
link |
13 |
| 90 |
Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins |
Small craters near the Apollo 11 landing site |
1,3N |
23,7E |
3 |
link |
35 |
| 91 |
De Gasparis Rilles |
Area with many rilles |
25,9S |
50.7W |
30 |
link |
13 |
| 92 |
Gylden
Valley |
Part of the Imbrium radial sculpture |
5,1S |
0.7E |
47 |
link |
44 |
| 93 |
Dionysius rays |
Unusual and rare dark rays |
2,8N |
17,3E |
18 |
link |
35 |
| 94 |
Drygalski |
Large south-pole region crater |
79,3S |
84,9W |
149 |
link |
72,VI |
| 95 |
Procellarum basin |
The Moon´s biggest basin? |
23,0N |
15,0W |
3200 |
link |
- |
| 96 |
Leibnitz Mountains |
Rim of South Pole-Aitken basin |
85,0S |
30,0E |
- |
link |
73,V |
| 97 |
Inghirami Valley |
Orientale basin ejecta |
44,0S |
73,0W |
140 |
link |
61 |
| 98 |
Imbrium lava flows |
Mare lava-flow boundaries |
32,8N |
22,0W |
- |
link |
10 |
99 |
Ina caldera |
D-schaped young volcanic caldera |
18,6N |
5,3E |
3 |
link |
22 |
100 |
Mare Marginis swirls |
Possible magnetic field-deposits |
18,5N |
88,0E |
- |
link |
27,III |
All images © Philipp
Salzgeber
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