Lunar – Page 3 – British Astronomical Association

Albedo

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Mountain Ranges

Montes Agricola 29.06°N 54.07°W 141 km Georgius Agricola, Earth scientist Montes Alpes 48.36°N 00.58°W 281 km The Alps, Europe Montes Apenninus 19.87°N

Mountains

Name Latitude Longitude Length Height Name origin Mons Agnes 18.66°N 005.34°E 00.65 km 0.3 km Greek feminine name Mons Ampère

Sinus and Paludus

Latin Name English Name Latitude Longitude Diameter (Km) Palus Epidemiarum Marsh of Epidemics 32.0° S 28.2° W 286 Palus Putredinis

Maria and Oceanus

Latin Name English Name Latitude Longitude Diameter (Km) Mare Anguis Serpent Sea 22.6° N 67.7° E 150 km Mare Australe Southern Sea

Lunar Craters

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S

Lunar Occultations

Timing the disappearance and reappearance of celestial objects at the lunar limb. Observing Programme What we do in the lunar

Maps

Maps Murray, John, Philip’s Moon Map (London, 2015) Sky & Telescope’s Moon Map (Cambridge, MA, 2007) Sky & Telescope’s Mirror-Image

OBITUARY: Ewen Adair Whitaker

Before the advent of the Space Age the study of our Moon was largely in the hands of amateur astronomers

What To Do If You Think That You Have Seen A TLP?

This depends upon whether you have seen a coloured patch, a brightening, a flash or lightness in a shadow, as