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	nayati voice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Baldet (Lunar crater) 55 km Fernand Baldet not Francois >
		Kamerlingh Onnes (crater) 66 km Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
		Tiselius (crater) 53 km Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius
	nayati4bap.blogspot.com (7203 words)

	Lunar Images III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bianchini (38km) is the largest crater in the "mountains".
		In the center left the crater Albategnius (136k) is shown the crater Klien (44k) overlays the lower left area.
		Craters 3k and smaller are evident in a number areas.
	www.astroimaging.com /Lunarsmall3.htm (770 words)

	The Moon -- Chapter 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The diameter of the crater is 70 miles; the surrounding wall or rampart varies in height from 4000 to upwards of 8000 feet, and is serrated with noble peaks which cast their fl shadows across the plateau in a most picturesque manner, like the towers and spires of a great cathedral.
		The exterior of the crater wall is remarkable for the rugged character of its formation, and forms a great contrast in that respect to the comparatively smooth unbroken surface of the plateau, which by the way is devoid of a central cone.
		This magnificent crater, which occupies the centre of the crowded group in our Plate, is 54 miles in diameter, and upwards of 16,000 feet deep, from the highest ridge of the rampart to the surface of the plateau, whence rises a grand central cone 5000 feet high.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /bookman/library/THEMOON/CHAP07.HTM (5019 words)

	Bianchini
		is a lunar crater that lies besides the northern Jura Mountains that ring the Sinus Iridum, in the northwestern part of the Moon.
		The rim is worn, and there is a small crater along the inner side of the eastern rim.
		Within the inner wall is a somewhat irregular floor and a small central mount at the mid-point.
	www.astrosurf.com /grenier/crateres/pages/bianchini.htm (124 words)

	Lunar observing log: Overview of an 11-day-old Moon, April 1st, 2004
		On the southern half near the terminator lies Mare Humorum with the big crater Gassendi (Rukl 52) on its northern rim.
		On the northern rim of Mare Humorum lies Gassendi, a 110-kilometer wide crater with numerous rilles, hills and a group of central peaks on its floor.
		In the north, the 33 kilometers wide crater Gassendi A has broken the rim of Gassendi.
	www.backyard-astro.com /solar/moon/2004_04_01/010404.html (595 words)

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		To see the lunar clefts to the best advantage, they must be looked for when not very far removed from the terminator, as when so situated the fl shadow of one side, contrasted with the usually brightly- illuminated opposite flank, renders them more conspicuous than when they are viewed under a higher sun.
		The estimation of lunar tints in the usual way, by eye observations at the telescope, involving as it does physiological errors which cannot be eliminated, is a method far too crude and ambiguous to form the basis of a scientific scale or for the detection of slight variations.
		Its crest is broken on the E. by a large brilliant crater, and its continuity is interrupted on the N. by a formation resembling a large double crater, which is associated with a number of low rounded banks and ridges extending some distance towards the N.W., and breaking the continuity of the _glacis_.
	www.moonpeople.com /html/books/elger.txt (17461 words)

	LPOD lunar photo of the day » JAGGED JURA
		Having looked at thousands of slightly blurry lunar images we have been tricked into thinking that there are no sharp spots on the Moon.
		Crater rims – like this one of the Sinus Iridum crater – are made of angular blocks of ejecta.
		Formation of this 38 km wide crater collapsed a delta of debris that cascaded onto the mare surface.
	www.lpod.org /?p=18 (343 words)

	freealf random musings: April 2006
		The overexposed area is the crater Fredholm and its surroundings.
		The prominent crater with the central mountain is Gassendi, which is about 114 km across.
		The two larger craters on the Mare in the upper half of the image are, from top to bottom, Diophantus and Delisle.
	www.freealf.com /2006/04/index.html (912 words)

	Regiomontanus biography
		It was while he had been on a trip to Ferrara that he had met Bianchini, who had been a friend of Peurbach.
		In January 1472 he made observations of a comet, using his Jacob's staff, which were accurate enough to allow it to be identified with Halley's comet 210 years (and three returns of the 70 year period comet) later.
		It was many years, however, before the position of the Moon could be predicted with sufficient accuracy to make the method practical and instruments constructed to give the lunar position with the high degree of accuracy necessary for the method.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Regiomontanus.html (2247 words)

	ESA - SMART-1 - ‘Alpine’ landscape on the Moon
		The European Alps were formed over millions of years by slow-moving sections of Earth’s crust pushed together, squeezing the land to form a giant arc of upthrust mountains, but the lunar Alps were formed in an instant.
		It is thought that the Moon collided with a huge object, such as an asteroid, 3850 million years ago.
		This crater was later filled with basaltic lava, forming the dark circular basin known as Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains).
	www.esa.int /SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEMM7R7X9DE_0.html (545 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He began his lunar studies in 1748 and made at least 40 detailed drawings of various regions, from which he planned to construct both a lunar map and a lunar globe.
		The lunar globe was never produced, as the publisher flirted with bankruptcy, and Mayer became involved in other projects.
		First, it is a mezzotint, the first time this technique was used for a lunar map (if we except a tiny text engraving of the crater Plato by Bianchini, not shown, but in item 11).
	www.lhl.lib.mo.us /events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/moon/p12.htm (239 words)

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		Galileo explained the phenomena of the lunar light produced during certain of her phases by the existence of mountains, to which he assigned a mean altitude of 27,000 feet.
		By the absence of refraction in the rays of the planets occulted by her we conclude that she is absolutely devoid of an atmosphere.
		As to the phenomenon known as the "ashy light," it is explained naturally by the effect of the transmission of the solar rays from the earth to the moon, which give the appearance of completeness to the lunar disc, while it presents itself under the crescent form during its first and last phases.
	www.umich.edu /~umfandsf/other/ebooks/moon10.txt (19967 words)

	TLP's, Lost Names and Fused Craters - Observing Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		While you are on this side of the moon take a scan for two little craters (under 10 miles in diameter) oriented in an east-west direction with a bright ray structure heading west.
		crater was named after an American astronomer born in 1846 and director of the Harvard Observatory in 1877.
		To get to one of the more interesting areas this evening, follow the line created by this chain of craters southwest about 2 times the width of SINIUS IRIDUM, and you come to two craters highlighted by the terminator this evening.
	hatchet.badaxe.k12.mi.us /~tomt/reports/Lunar/11daymoon/081902.htm (2079 words)

	Under the Desert Stars
		I took a moment with Longomontanus because, according to Wood, this is an example of a large crater overlapping a smaller, older crater.
		The west wall of Aristarchus crater was bathed in morning light and for first time I could see, clearly and without any second guessing, the banded patterns for which the crater is known.
		Away from the terminator again and north, over the crater Delisle and its nearby mountain namesake (with the merest scrap of shadow clinging to its west side), to the northern highlands that jut out into the Oceanus Procellarum, between the Mare Imbrium and Sinus Roris.
	www.astronomyblogs.com /member/desertstars/?xjMsgID=9200 (3409 words)

	The Full Moon Atlas
		Although the northwestern portion of Mare Imbrium dominates this region (it covers most of the lower-right half of the photo), it is the distinctive semi-circle known as Sinus Iridium (the so-called "Bay Of Rainbows," right of center) that captures the eye.
		Rimmed by the Montes Jura chain and keeping company with craters Mairan, Sharp, Bianchini and Maupertuis, Iridium is one of the Moon's signature formations.
		When displayed, approximate crater diameters (in kilometers) are shown within parenthesis.
	www.lunarrepublic.com /atlas/sections/b2.shtml (176 words)

	Peter Lloyd's Astronomy Pages
		Although named a "bay" it is, in fact, a large impact crater that formed on the edge of the Imbrium basin before the latter filled with lava.
		This picture was taken at day 12.6 of the lunar cycle so it was late morning over the bay and so there are few shadows to bring out the detail in the eastern part of the picture.
		The blue area to the south of Sinus Roris is covered with Sharp lavas (named after the crater some 100 Km to the east) which are the youngest of these lavas at about 1,300 million years old.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /peter.lloyd3/Moon/Craters/SinusIridum041025.html (1035 words)

	Hitchhiker's Guide to Rukl Chart 02
		This angle is most likely to happen as we approach the full moon, and most opportune at the north and south limbs (where, curiously, Pythagoras is found...) Curiously, this good angle is the result of a libration that causes greater rather than lesser foreshortening (moving Pythagoras closer to the limb).
		I was able to detect at least 4 craters on the floor, only one of which really showed a bowl shape.
		Following the craters Bianchini, Foucault, and Harpalus across Mare Frigoris revealed that this northerly feature was named South.
	www.shallowsky.com /moon/rukl02.html (931 words)

	ROBINSON LUNAR OBSERVATORY
		Although each began near the center of the crater, and extended in a shaft of light to the western wall, it was clear that each was positioned in line with a gap or notch in the eastern wall of Plato.
		I have seen many lunar rays before, but three sunrise rays all at once in a crater like Plato made a grand sight.
		The floor, which is 60 miles in diameter, is of a dark steel-grey tint, in strong contrast to the bright surrounding walls, and the formation is distinctly visible under any illumination.....and Webb records parallel beams of light over the floor at sunrise, seen long be by Bianchini.
	www.lunar-occultations.com /rlo/rays/plato.htm (618 words)

	Lunar Republic : Craters
		The Lunar Republic, The Full Moon Atlas, The Lunar Consulate, The Lunar Registry and the phrases
		Lunar Republic, S.A. and the International Lunar Society.
		We encourage you to read our privacy statement and terms of use.
	www.lunarrepublic.com /gazetteer/crater_b.shtml (864 words)

	Almost blind, but fun
		She thought the crescent shape was similar to that of a rainbow's arch, and thus, the name of the bay.
		The bay was bathed in light, but the crater Bianchini at its southern border was partially in shadow.
		At the northern edge of Bianchini, where it meets Sinus Iridium, there appeared to be a rift, a dark line forming a hard "edge" between the two lunar features.
	www.observers.org /reports/99.01.27.2.html (1275 words)

	Total lunar eclipse
		In the case of large craters like Tycho and Copernicus, it's recommended that you record the times when the shadow touches the two opposite edges of the crater.
		The brightness of the moon during a total lunar eclipse is extremely sensitive to the presence of volcanic dust in the earth's atmosphere.
		On October 17, 2005 a shallow partial lunar eclipse will be visible, followed by a deep penumbral eclipse on March 14, 2006 and a partial lunar eclipse on September 7, 2006.
	www.xs4all.nl /~carlkop/verdmaan/leclips2004b.html (1624 words)

	VENUS ARTICLE
		From this he could estimate the heights of lunar mountains and the general topography of the lunar terrain.
		Schröter’s first discoveries were of the lunar features known as ‘clefts’ - to the eye seemingly long cracks in the lunar surface.
		Schröter’s efforts were later honoured by the IAU with the naming of the crater “Schröter”, on the edge of Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains).
	www.geocities.com /ariane1au/PageVenus004x.htm (6754 words)

	Observing log for BAA/ALPO members for April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		However it was not until much later in the evening, after viewing the video, that the craters concerned were identified and the explanation deduced.
		The prominent crater emerging from the terminator is Moretus and the central peak is just visible.
		Figure 3 shows a section of the lunar terminator a little further northwards to that shown in Figure 1.
	www.cs.nott.ac.uk /~acc/Lunar/2003jun.htm (3320 words)

	Астронет > LPOD
		There are a few definite yes answers (for lunar flashes during meteor storms), a likely no answer (the putative 1953 flash), and a definite maybe.
		Phil assembled this farside mosaic from the Lunar Orbiter images as part of a forthcoming atlas of lunar exploration.
		Because the energy involved in impact crater formation is so immense, craters of similar size and freshness look pretty much alike.
	www.astronet.ru:8101 /db/lpod.html?page=37 (428 words)

	sky.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		degrees off the place assigned to it and a lunar eclipse over an hour late on the Tables.
		lunar distances could be used to determine longitude at sea.
		guided Columbus to America and enabled him to predict the lunar eclipse of February 29, 1504.
	www.exulanten.com /sky.html (1721 words)

	An Alpine landscape On The Moon
		It is thought that the Moon collided with a huge object, such as an asteroid, 4000 million years ago.
		After the explosive collision, fragments, rocks and dust fell back to the surface, forming two concentric rings of mountains making up the crater rim.
		The valley is believed to be a broad lava channel put in place during the formation of the maria, the rille corresponds to a 'lava tube' formed in a later geological episode by high-speed and low viscosity magma.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/lunar-05zz.html (494 words)

	Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The crater gracing the northern bank and slightly east of center is Bianchini measuring approximately 38 km in diameter.
		To the north of Sinus Iridum we have Mare Frigoris and the 39-km impact crater Harpalus.
		The Bay of Rainbows was host to the Soviet probe Luna 17 which soft-landed on Nov 10, 1970 and released the mobile laboratory Lunakhod 1.
	www.perseus.gr /Astro-Lunar-Sinus-Iridum.htm (133 words)

	Moon ccd astrophotography images
		Crater Bianchini in Northern Uplands at edge of
		evident between the craters and at the edges of of the maria basins.
		Crater J Herschel (right) in Northern Uplands with
	hometown.aol.com /astropage/Moon1.html (321 words)

	Universe Today - What's Up This Week - Mar 21 - 27, 2005
		It is ringed by the Juras Mountains where you will spot crater Bianchini in the center with Sharp to its west.
		Past study, the lava-filled Wargentin, is bordered by shallow Nasmyth to the east and Phoclydes to the southeast.
		Extending from a break on its western rim edge is a long surface "crack" that runs north to south between the pair.
	www.universetoday.com /am/publish/whatsup_mar21_2005.html (1289 words)

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