List_of_mountains_on_the_Moon_by_height

List of mountains on the Moon

List of mountains on the Moon

Lunar peaks

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

  • 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

Notes

  1. Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).

References

  1. [1]
    Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. London: Cassell & Co.
  2. [2]
    Fred W. Price (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
  3. [3]
    Patrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as 16,000 feet (4,900 m); Fred Price as 14,000 feet (4,300 m)
  4. [4]
    Shaffer, David (May 25, 2006). "Apollo 15 Surface Journal: Landing at Hadley". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
  5. [5]
    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.
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