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lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Feb/24/2006 8:25 AM This is Lance Farb's notebook for what he is doing associated with the study of the Lunar Geology and surface features - Selenology Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Feb/24/2006 8:36 AM Primary Encompassing Goal: To determine if new craters have been created on the moon in the past 100 years by using images taken around 1900 using the Yerkers 40 in telescope and comparing them to modern maps and images. The current images being used are from 1941 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Feb/24/2006 8:46 AM Other goals that I have made to help me accomplish the primary goal of finding a crater formed in the past 100 years are: 1. Learning about the topography of the moon. - A. Crater names - B. Identify different features on the moon - C. Learn all the mare regions - D. Learn about the mountains and highlands 2. Learning the features of different types of craters. 3. Researching different impacts that occured on the side of the moon facing Earth that has happened over the last 100 years. 4. Find out where some of the major lunar spacecrafts have landed.  Message edited by: lfarb on 04/02/2006 15:55:20 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Feb/28/2006 8:31 AM I found a good website listing all the lunar mare regions with their latin names, english names, latitude, longitude, and diameter. With the same type of information, it also talks about lunar lacus, sinus, and paludes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_maria_on_the_Moon Maria and Oceanus Lunar Maria Latin Name English Name Lat. Long. Diameter Mare Anguis Serpent Sea 22.6° N 67.7° E 150 km Mare Australe Southern Sea 38.9° S 93.0° E 603 km Mare Cognitum Sea That Has Become Known or Known Sea 10.0° S 23.1° W 376 km Mare Crisium Sea of Crises 17.0° N 59.1° E 418 km Mare Fecunditatis Sea of Fertility 7.8° S 51.3° E 909 km Mare Frigoris Sea of Cold 56.0° N 1.4° E 1596 km Mare Humboldtianum Sea of Alexander von Humboldt 56.8° N 81.5° E 273 km Mare Humorum Sea of Moisture 24.4° S 38.6° W 389 km Mare Imbrium Sea of Showers 32.8° N 15.6° W 1123 km Mare Ingenii Sea of Ingenuity 33.7° S 163.5° E 318 km Mare Insularum Sea of Islands 7.5° N 30.9° W 513 km Mare Marginis Sea of the Edge 13.3° N 86.1° E 420 km Mare Moscoviense Sea of Muscovy 27.3° N 147.9° E 277 km Mare Nectaris Sea of Nectar 15.2° S 35.5° E 333 km Mare Nubium Sea of Clouds 21.3° S 16.6° W 715 km Mare Orientale Eastern Sea 19.4° S 92.8° W 327 km Mare Serenitatis Sea of Serenity 28.0° N 17.5° E 707 km Mare Smythii Sea of William Henry Smyth 1.3° N 87.5° E 373 km Mare Spumans Foaming Sea 1.1° N 65.1° E 139 km Mare Tranquillitatis Sea of Tranquility 8.5° N 31.4° E 873 km Mare Undarum Sea of Waves 6.8° N 68.4° E 243 km Mare Vaporum Sea of Vapors 13.3° N 3.6° E 245 km Oceanus Procellarum Ocean of Storms 18.4° N 57.4° W 2568 km There was also a region on the Lunar farside that was briefly misidentified as a mare and named Mare Desiderii (Sea of Dreams). It is no longer recognized. [edit] Lacus A related set of features are the Lunar lacus (singular lacus, Latin for "lake"), which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin: Lunar Lacus Latin Name English Name Lat. Long. Diameter Lacus Aestatis Lake of Summer 15.0° S 69.0° W 90 km Lacus Autumni Lake of Autumn 9.9° S 83.9° W 183 km Lacus Bonitatis Lake of Goodness 23.2° N 43.7° E 92 km Lacus Doloris Lake of Sorrow 17.1° N 9.0° E 110 km Lacus Excellentiae Lake of Excellence 35.4° S 44.0° W 184 km Lacus Felicitatis Lake of Happiness 19.0° N 5.0° E 90 km Lacus Gaudii Lake of Joy 16.2° N 12.6° E 113 km Lacus Hiemalis Wintry Lake 15.0° N 14.0° E 50 km Lacus Lenitatis Lake of Softness 14.0° N 12.0° E 80 km Lacus Luxuriae Lake of Luxury 19.0° N 176.0° E 50 km Lacus Mortis Lake of Death 45.0° N 27.2° E 151 km Lacus Oblivionis Lake of Forgetfulness 21.0° S 168.0° W 50 km Lacus Odii Lake of Hatred 19.0° N 7.0° E 70 km Lacus Perseverantiae Lake of Perseverance 8.0° N 62.0° E 70 km Lacus Solitudinis Lake of Solitude 27.8° S 104.3° E 139 km Lacus Somniorum Lake of Dreams 38.0° N 29.2° E 384 km Lacus Spei Lake of Hope 43.0° N 65.0° E 80 km Lacus Temporis Lake of Time 45.9° N 58.4° E 117 km Lacus Timoris Lake of Fear 38.8° S 27.3° W 117 km Lacus Veris Lake of Spring 16.5° S 86.1° W 396 km [edit] Sinus and Paludes A related set of features are the sinus (singular sinus, Latin for "bay") and paludes (singular palus, Latin for "marsh"): Lunar Sinus and Paludes Latin Name English Name Lat. Long. Diameter Palus Epidemiarum Marsh of Epidemics 32.0° S 28.2° W 286 km Palus Putredinis Marsh of Rot 26.5° N 0.4° E 161 km Palus Somni Marsh of Sleep 14.1° N 45.0° E 143 km Sinus Aestuum Seething Bay 10.9° N 8.8° W 290 km Sinus Amoris Bay of Love 18.1° N 39.1° E 130 km Sinus Asperitatis Bay of Roughness 3.8° S 27.4° E 206 km Sinus Concordiae Bay of Harmony 10.8° N 43.2° E 142 km Sinus Fidei Bay of Trust 18.0° N 2.0° E 70 km Sinus Honoris Bay of Honor 11.7° N 18.1° E 109 km Sinus Iridum Bay of Rainbows 44.1° N 31.5° W 236 km Sinus Lunicus Lunik Bay 31.8° N 1.4° W 126 km Sinus Medii Bay of the center 2.4° N 1.7° E 335 km Sinus Roris Bay of Dew 54.0° N 56.6° W 202 km Sinus Successus Bay of Success 0.9° N 59.0° E 132 km Some sources also list a Palus Nebularum ("Marsh of Mists") at 38.0° N, 1.0° E. However the designation for this feature has not been officially recognized by the IAU.  Message edited by: lfarb on 03/09/2006 17:23:56 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Feb/28/2006 8:34 AM Here is a good explanation of lunar mare ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_mare  Message edited by: lfarb on 03/09/2006 17:23:10 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lzielinski Senior Member

Date Posted: Mar/04/2006 9:20 AM Lance, If you go to the bottom of the message page (or hit edit) ... at the bottom of the page you will see a link for "symbols". You can use the bracketed L and /L to make the link actually work. I can show you if you can't figure it out. Z  Message edited by: lzielinski on 03/04/2006 09:22:03 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Mar/09/2006 5:30 PM This website lists the different types of impact craters on the lunar surface. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Craters.shtml  Message edited by: lfarb on 04/27/2006 20:06:00 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Mar/25/2006 11:07 PM Here is an AMAZING web site about lunar craters. If you put the cursor over any lunar feature, it will show its name. Here it is ---> http://www.lunarrepublic.com/atlas/index.shtml Here is another Amazing website that Z gave me http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/  Message edited by: lfarb on 04/27/2006 20:07:10 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

lfarb Junior Member

Date Posted: Apr/27/2006 7:30 PM Here are some sites about possible meteor impacts on the moon. Knowing where meteor impacts were could help us find new craters. Meteor impacts from Leonids: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast30nov_1.htm http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast03nov99_1.htm Meteor impacts from Lyrids: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=4166 *thanks to Z* JACKPOT -> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28apr_skyisfalling.htm?list794822 ...Also, in 1972, a 1,100 kg (2,400 lb) asteroid hit the Moon just north of Mare Nubium, the Sea of Clouds. It was a major impact recorded at all four seismic stations...  Message edited by: lfarb on 04/28/2006 20:28:21 Reply Top Bottom Next Previous

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