Mons La Hire
Encyclopedia
Mons La Hire is a solitary lunar
mountain in the western Mare Imbrium
. It is located to the northeast of the crater Euler
, and to the west-northwest of Lambert
.
The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 27.8° N, 25.5° W, and it has a maximum diameter at the base of 25 km. The mountain base has a shape roughly like an arrow
head, with the point oriented toward the west-northwest. The peak has a height of 1.5 km above the surface.
This feature was named after Philippe de la Hire
, a French mathematician and astronomer.
s near this mountain have been assigned names by the IAU
. These are listed in the table below. Felix and Verne are located to the south of the peak, while the remainder are grouped to the north and northeast.
Moon
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mountain in the western Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago...
. It is located to the northeast of the crater Euler
Euler (crater)
Euler is a lunar impact crater located in the southern half of the Mare Imbrium. The most notable nearby feature is Mons Vinogradov to the west-southwest. There is a cluster of low ridges to the southwest, and this formation includes the small crater Natasha and the tiny Jehan...
, and to the west-northwest of Lambert
Lambert (lunar crater)
Lambert is a lunar impact crater on the southern half of the Mare Imbrium basin. It lies to the east and somewhat south of the slightly larger crater Timocharis. To the south is the smaller Pytheas, and some distance to the west-southwest is Euler....
.
The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 27.8° N, 25.5° W, and it has a maximum diameter at the base of 25 km. The mountain base has a shape roughly like an arrow
Arrow
An arrow is a shafted projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.An arrow usually consists of a shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the other.- History:...
head, with the point oriented toward the west-northwest. The peak has a height of 1.5 km above the surface.
This feature was named after Philippe de la Hire
Philippe de La Hire
Philippe de La Hire was a French mathematician and astronomer. According to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle he was an "academy unto himself"....
, a French mathematician and astronomer.
Nearby craters
Several tiny craterImpact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
s near this mountain have been assigned names by the IAU
International Astronomical Union
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. These are listed in the table below. Felix and Verne are located to the south of the peak, while the remainder are grouped to the north and northeast.
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter | Name source |
---|---|---|---|
Annegrit | 29.4°N 25.6°W | 1 km | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... feminine name |
Charles | 29.9°N 26.4°W | 1 km | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... masculine name |
Felix | 25.1°N 25.4°W | 1 km | Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... masculine name |
Mavis | 29.8°N 26.4°W | 1 km | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... feminine name |
Verne | 24.9°N 25.3°W | 2 km | Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... masculine name |
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Mons La Hire.La Hire | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
A | 28.5° N | 23.4° W | 5 km |
B | 27.7° N | 23.0° W | 4 km |