MONTES CAUCASUS Type: Mountain Geological period: Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ? Size: Dimension: 536.0x536.0Km / 315.0x61.0Mi Height: 3650.0' / 11100.0ft Height/Wide ratio: 0.007 Description: Continuation of Apennins. Mountains intersected with deep and numerous valleys. Wears the crater Calippus. Observation: Interest : Exceptional formation Observation period: 6 days after New Moon or 5 days after Full Moon Minimal Instrument: 10x binoculars Position: Longitude: 9.0° East Latitude: 39.0° North Quadrant: North-East Area: North of Mare Serenitatis region
Atlas: Rukl map: 13 Eudoxus Viscardy page: 353 Hatfield map: 1f8 / 2e2 Westfall Atlas: 351N 357N 161N 167N 174N Charles Wood article: ST11/01 MM33 Lunar Orbiter: IV-098-H1 IV-103-H1 IV-103-H2 IV-110-H2 Name Origine: Detailed Name: Mounts of Caucase Important Facts: Name Author: (??) Name by Langrenus: Not named Name by Hevelius: Not named Name by Riccioli: Not named
The image shows two effects of Imbrium basin huge impact: 1) the hummocky or uneven texture (right half) caused in the crust by the impact shake, and 2) part of the breach or graben flooded by Imbrium lava at the beginning of the mountains Alps (upper-left).
A little south of the crater Aristilus (down-left) in 1959 reached the surface the first lunar spacecraft (Luna 2). Also a little south of the Caucasus, in the Apennines, Apollo XV landed on the moon, near Mons Hadley.
La imagen muestra dos efectos del impacto que creó la cuenca Imbrium: 1) el hummocky o textura desigual (mitad derecha) causada en la corteza por la sacudida del impacto, y 2) parte de la brecha o graben rellenado posteriormente por lavas de Imbrium al comienzo de los montes Alpes (superior izquierda).
Un poco al sur del cráter Aristtilus (abajo a la izquierda) en 1959 alcanzó la superficie la primera sonda lunar (Luna 2). También un poco al sur de Caucasus, en los Apeninos, la nave Apolo XV se posó en la Luna, cerca de los montes Hadley. |