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ARISTILLUS
Directory - Section 12


BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The eastern edge of Mare Imbrium is one of the most interesting parts of the lunar surface. The lunar Alps with their well-known alley, the solitary mountain Piton and the group of three craters Archimedes, Autolycus and Aristillus are suitable objects for telescopic observation. Refer to your Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 51. Luna 2 (E-1A series) was the second of the Soviet Union's Lunar Program spacecraft launched to the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon. On September 14 1959 it successfully impacted with the lunar surface east of Mare Imbrium near the craters Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus.

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Rukl zone map page. (Credit: wikispaces)

EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Image - Alpine Valley/Mons Piton (Ferreira)
Image - Archimedes (Fattinnanzi) Newton 200 f6, Phillips vesta-pro webcam
Image - Archimedes, Aristillus and Autolycus, High-Res 9" S/C (Legault)
Image - Archimedes (Genovese)
Image - Aristillus, High-Res 9" S/C (Legault)
Image - Aristillus (Cazard)
Image - Cassini & Aristillus, photo (Therin)
Image - Mons Piton (Ferreira)
Aristillu and other craters, some ETBA. (Google)

CRATERS IN THIS SECTION:
Alpes, Montes
Mons Blanc
Promontorium Agassiz
Promontorium Deville
Aristillus, 55 km
Autolycus, 39 km
Cassini, 57 km
Kirch, 11.7 km
Lunicus, Sinus
Piazzi Smyth
Piton, Mons (Google search for all images)
Spitzbergen, Montes
Theaetetus, 25 km
Theaetetus, Rimae

LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar Orbiter Database
lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Aristillus|0 (Aristillus)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Autolycus|0 (Autolycus)
lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Cassini|0 (Cassini)
lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Mons%20Piton|0 (Mons Piton)

APOLLO IMAGES:
Landing Sites Map
lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Aristillus&sort= (Aristillus)
lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Autolycus (Autolycus)

LRO Images:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photos_of_the_Moon_by_Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

YOU TUBE VIDEOS:
None found.

LUNAR FLYOVERS:
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Research Updates:
Moon Shot - Luna 2 near Autolycus (Lunascan)
Cassini (Lunascan)
Promontory Agassi (Lunascan)
Mons Piton  (Lunascan)
glrgroup.eu/old/papers/monspiton.htm (GLR, Mons Piton)
glrgroup.eu/old/domes/cassini.htm (GLR, Presence of Dome Near Cassini)
AS15-1537(M) Apollo 15 landing site (AOTM, SP-362)
Archimedes - Apollo Over The Moon: A View From Orbit (SP-362, 173)

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