SECTION DESCRIPTION
From the north, this area is penetrated by the edge of Mare Tranquilitatis
with the shallow rilles Rimae Hypatia. The large crater Theophilus is one
of the most spectacular formations on the Moon. It forms a prominent trio
with the craters Cyrillus and Catharina (Section 57). Craters Kant B and
Zollner E are situated on the opposite edges of an extensive plateu which
resembles a filled crater similar to Wargentin (Section 70). Refer
to your Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 119.
EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Image
- Alfraganus (Poyet)
Image -
Theohilus in shadow near terminator (Lunascan)
Image
- Theophilus, Cyrillus & Catharina: HUGE IMAGE (OHO)
Image - Theophilus,
Cyrillus & Catharina, High-Res 9" S/C (Legault)
Image - Theophilus,
Cyrillus & Catharina, CCD (Therin)
Image
- Theophilus (Higashida)
Image
- Theophilus, Cyrillus, & Catharina (Cidadao)
Image
- Theophilus & surrounding area
Image
- Theophilus & Cyrillus (Jomo)
Image - Theophilus,
Cyrillus & Catharina (Ferreira)
LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar
Orbiter Database
Alfraganus, 21 km
Cyrillus, 98 km
Delambre, 52 km
Hypatia, 41x28 km
Ibn Rushd, 33 km
Kant, 32 km
Moltke, 6.5 km
Penck, Mons
Taylor, 41x34 km
Theophilus, 100 km
Zollner, 47x36 km
APOLLO IMAGES:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/a16_m_0692.gif
RESEARCH UPDATES:
AS16-4559(P) -
Awesome close-up detail in Kant B (SP-362)
AS16-4531(P) Central
peak of Theophilus (SP-362)
AS16-0154(M) Theophilus
(SP-362)
AS16-0692(M) Awesome
Metric camera shot of Theophilus (SP-362, 163)
Theophilus (Lunascan)
Earth's
Moon: Apollo 16 (NASA)
LSAP
Data (ALPO)