Moon Map With Crater Names

Place the cursor over the image of the moon or over the names of the craters and maria to highlight the corresponding areas. Most of the craters and other features on the moon which can be seen from earth have had names for a long time. The next full moon is the strawberry moon, or the mead, honey, or rose moon.

Washington, d.c., united states) frequently asked questions join a virtual event, or participate on your own by registering as an individual or household. When combined with an existing map of craters larger than 20 km in diameter, the differences in the density of craters of different diameters in different areas provides information about the geologic history of that surface [nasa/gsfc/arizona. The moon zoo project within the zooniverse program aimed to use citizen scientists to map the size and shape of as many craters as possible using data from the nasa lunar reconnaissance orbiter.

The supplemental maps showing lettered craters include circles representing the official iau diameters (to scale) of each feature.

Although only three of his names survive on their original craters, it was van langren who introduced the term ‘mare’ (latin for ‘sea’) for the large, dark regions he saw on the moon. • astronomica langrenus — italian lunar web site • gazetteer of planetary nomenclature • moon map. The map also shows mare orientale, an impact crater that was partially flooded by basalts. Place the cursor over the image of the moon or over the names of the craters and maria to highlight the corresponding areas.