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Age of Moon: d. 7 - 9
Section 04
RELEVANT FEATURES
- Alpes, Vallis - length 180 km
[49°N, 3°E] (Alpine Valley)
Length 180 km, narrow rille in floor.
- Anaxagoras - 51 km
[73.4°N, 10.1°W]
Anaxagoras, 500-428 BC.
Greek philosopher.
Ray crater (51 km).
- Archytas - 32 km - h. 2350 m
[58.7°N, 5.0°E]
Archytas, c. 428-347 BC.
Greek philosopher, statesman, and geometer.
Crater (32 km).
- Archytas, Rima - length 90 km
[53°N, 5°E]
Rille, length 90 km.
- Barrow - 93 km
[71.3°N, 7.7°E]
Isaac Borrow, 1630-1677.
English mathematician, friend of Sir Isaac Newlon.
Crater (93 km).
- Birmingham - 92 km
[65.1°N, 10.5°W]
John Birmingham, 1829-1884.
Irish selenogropher.
Remains of a crater (92 km).
- Byrd - 94 km
[85.3°N, 9.8°E]
Richard E. Byrd, 1888-1957.
American polar explorer, pilot.
Crater (94 km).
- Challis - 56 km
[79.5°N, 9.2°E]
James Challis, 1803-1862.
English astronomer.
Crater (56 km).
- Epigenes - 101 km - h. 2000 m
[67.5°N, 4.6°W]
Epigenes, 3rd century BC.
Greek astronomer.
Crater (55 km).
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- Gioja - 42 km
[83.3°N, 2.0°E]
Flavio Gioja, c. 1302.
Italian sea captain.
Crater (42 km).
- Goldschmidt - 120 km
[73.0°N, 2.9°W]
Hermann Goldschmidt, 1802-1866.
German amateur astronomer.
Crater (120 km).
- Hermite - 110 km
[86.4°N, 87.3°W]
Charles Hermite, 1822-1901.
French mathematician.
Crater (110 km).
- Main - 46 km
[80.8°N, 10.1°E]
Robert Main, 1808-1878.
English astronomer.
Crater (46 km).
- Meton - 122 km
[73.8°N, 19.2°E]
Meton, c. 432 BC.
Greek astronomer and mathematician.
Remains of a crater (122 km).
- Peary - 74 km
[88.6°N, 33.0°E]
Robert E. Peary, 1856-1920.
American polar explorer.
Crater (7 4 km).
- Plato, Rimae
[51°N, 2°W]
Isolated rilles east of the crater Plato.
- Protagoras - 22 km - h. 2100 m
[56.0°N, 7.3°E]
Protagoras, c. 485-410 BC.
Greek philosopher.
Crater (22 km).
- Scoresby - 56 km - h. 2400 m
[77.7°N, 14.1°E]
William Scoresby, 1789-1857.
English navigator, oceanographer.
Crater (56 km).
- Timaeus - 33 km
[62.8°N, 0.5°W]
Timaeus, c. 356-c. 260 BC.
Greek historian.
Crater (33 km).
- Trouvelot - 9 km - h. 1150 m
[49.3°N, 5.8°E]
Etienne L. Trouvelot, 1827-1895.
French astronomer.
Crater (9 km).
- W. Bond - 158 km
[65.3°N, 3.7°E]
William C. Bond, 1789-1859.
American astronomer.
Large crater (158 km).
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