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BRIEF DESCRIPTION CRATERS IN THIS SECTION:
Albategnius, 136 km
Alphonsus, 108 km
Ammonius, 9 km
Flammarion, 75 km
Gylden, 47 km
Herschel, 41 km
Hipparchus, 150 km
Klein, 44 km
Medii, Sinus
Muller, 24x20 km
Oppolzer, 43 km
Ptolemaeus, 153 km
Reaumur, 53 km
Seeliger, 8.5 km
Sporer, 28 km
RANGER SPACECRAFT IMAGES:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/
(Ranger site)
Image
- ra7_b001 - Ranger 7 - First image of the Moon taken by a U.S.
spacecraft
Image
- ra8_b001 - Ranger 8 - Ptolemaeus & Alphonsus craters
Image
- ra8_p001 - Ranger 8 - Davy crater chain & Ptolemaeus
from 1300 km
Image
- ra9_a001 - First Ranger 9 image, showing Mare Nubium &
Alphonsus crater
Image
- ra9_a035 - Alphonsus crater on the Moon from 440 km
Image
- ra9_a060 - Central peak of Alphonsus crater on the Moon
Image
- ra9_a070 - Floor of Alphonsus crater from 7.5 km
Image
- ra9_b001 - Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Albategnius on the Moon
Image
- ra9_b035 - Northeast rim of Alphonsus crater from 700 km
Image
- ra9_b087 - Floor of Alphonsus crater from 15 km
Image
- ra9_p001 - P-camera images of Alphonsus crater from 25 km
Image
- ra9_p006 - Four images of Alphonsus from 15 km
Image
- ra9_p012 - Final two images taken by Ranger 9 before impact
Ranger 9 Impact, slightly dramatized &
slowed down (You Tube)
Ranger 9 Impact (You Tube)
LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar
Orbiter Database
lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?ptolemaeus|0
(Ptolemaeus, or type in any crater above)
APOLLO IMAGES:
Landing Sites Map
lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=ptolemaeus&sort=
(Ptolemaeus, or type in any crater)
AS12-51-7507 - Lunar Module over Ptolemaeus, Herschel, and Lalande
http://www.astrosurf.com/lunascan/as12-51-7507.jpg
AS12-50-7431 - Oblique view of Ptolemaeus from Apollo 12
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS12/10075402.jpg
AS16-0839 - Oblique of Hipparchus crater
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/a16_m_0839.gif
AS16-0989 - Overhead view of Ptolemaeus crater
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/a16_m_0989.gif
AS16-2478 - Oblique view of Alphonsus
http://www.astrosurf.com/lunascan/as16-2478.jpg
LUNAR RECONNAISANCE ORBITER IMAGES
http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/
(See LRO images of Tres Amicis, Zoomify, etc). *
YOU TUBE VIDEOS:
youtube.com/watch?v=vK7g1du_9bg&list=PL56882C1D4A379FC7
Research Updates:
lroc.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/597-Tres-Amicis.html
(Tres Amicis, LRO) *
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
On
Alphonsus crater or: Observing Changing Solar Illumination On
The Moon (GLR Group)
Inconsistant
Moon
- Alphonsus (Lunascan)
AS16-2965M
(SP-362)
AS16-0708(M)
Albategnius
(SCentral
Peak Has Crater Or Caldera? - (Lunascan)
Alphonsus
(Lunascan)
Moon Shot
- Ranger 9 (Lunascan)
AS16-4658
- Ranger 9 impact crater in Alphonsus (SP-362)
Crater
Alphonsus
(A16 M-2478, looking southwards)
AS16-0839(M)
-
Great oblique shot of Hipparchus looking toward Sinus Medii
(SP-362,177)
AS16-0982(M)
Imbrium
basin near Albategnius (SP-362)
AS16-2965(M)
Ptolemaeus
(P-362)
AS16-1411(M)
-
Mare Imbrium & Herschel (SP-362)
AS16-2478(M)
-
Oblique view of Alphonsus (SP-362)
AS16-4656(P)
-
Part of floor of Alphonsus (SP-362,206)
AS16-0989(M)
-
Ptolemaeus (SP-362)
Article on
LTPs in Alphonsus & Aristarchus (Analog)
Ptolemaeus
(Lunascan)
Ptolemaeus
- A Detailed Report (Lunascan Project)
AS16-1671(M)
-
Crater chain to the right of Ptolemaeus (SP-362)
AS16-1276(M)
-
Shot of crater chain of AS16-1671(M) (SP-362)
AS16-4653(P)
-
Crater clusters near Ptolemaeus (SP-362)
AS16-4653(P)
bu
- Extreme blow-up of portion of AS16-4653(P) above
Anomaly
in Ptolemaeus??? (Aerial4U & Lunascan Discussion)