BRIEF DESCRIPTION
A landscape close to the north-eastern limb of the Moon. The eastern
promontory of Lacus Sominiorum has a wide cleft Rima G. Bond. Hills along
the base of the map link up with the Taurus mountain range. Refer to your
Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 57.
EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Image
- Atlas & Hercules (Legault)
Image
- Atlas & Hercules (Cidadao)
LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar
Orbiter Database
Atlas, 87 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-79H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-79H3.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-91H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H3.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H2.jpg
Atlas, Rimae
Berzellius, 51 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-67H2.jpg
Carrington, 30 km
Cepheus, 40 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-67H2.jpg
Chevallier, 52 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-67H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H2.jpg
Franklin, 56 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-67H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H2.jpg
G. Bond, 20 km
G. Bond, Rimae
Hall, 39 km
Kooke, 37 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-67H2.jpg
Kirchoff, 25 km
Maury, 17.6 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-79H2.jpg
Mercurius, 68 km
Oersted, 42 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-74H2.jpg
Shuckburgh, 39 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-67H2.jpg
Temporis, Lacus
RESEARCH UPDATES:
Atlas (Lunascan)
Atlas
(The Moon - Wilkens & Moore)