REFRACTORLAND
"Hypertextual Moon Atlas"

 
based on
A. Rükl "Atlas of the Moon"

LE VERRIER

The central and northern areas of Mare Imbrium have no large craters, but a telescope pointed at the area shown along the northern edge of the map at lunar sunrise or sunset will reveal the long, pointed shadows of isolated peaks. In the past, such shadows cast by a low Sun helped to create the false impression that the lunar mountains are very high, steep and jagged.

 

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Age of Moon: d. 9

Section 11

RELEVANT FEATURES

  • Grabau, Dorsum - length120 km
  • Imbrium, Mare - Sea of Rains - area 830.000 sq km
  • Landsteiner - 6 km - h.1350 m
  • le Verrier - 20 km - h.2100 m
  • Pico, Mons - height 2.400 m, base 15×25 km
  • Recti, Montes - height up to
    1.800 m, length 90 km
  • Teneriffe, Montes - height up to 2.400 m, length 110 km
  • le Verrier B - 5,1 km - h.980 m
  • le Verrier D - 9,1 km - h.1830 m
  • le Verrier W - 3,3 km - h. 620 m

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