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Topic: Montes Teneriffe


In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
 Plato
Dans Mare Imbrium au sud on trouve plusieurs élévations collectivement appelées Montes Teneriffe qui projette leurs ombres sous un soleil rasant.
It is located on the northeastern shore of the Mare Imbrium, at the western extremity of the Montes Alpes mountainous range.
In the maria to the south are several rises collectively named the Montes Teneriffe.
www.astrosurf.com /grenier/crateres/pages/plato.htm   (459 words)

  
 Dave's Astronomy Pictures - The Moon 18 April 2005
To the South, in the Mare, are the peaks of the Teneriffe mountains protruding from the Mare Lava, as is Mons Pico to their East.
To the North and East of Plato are many craters, mountains, and rilles of the Montes Alpes.
To the North Montes Alpes with the Alpine Valley, Plato, and in the Mare Montes Teneriffe and Mons Pico.
www.davesastro.co.uk /moon/moondetails_20050418.html   (262 words)

  
 Hitchhiker's Guide to Rukl Chart 11
The mountainous merinos include the Teneriffe Mountains (Montes Teneriffe), the Straight Range (Montes Recti), the Spitzbergen Mountains (Montes Spitzbergensis), and the isolated peaks Pico, Pico Beta, and Piton.
Robin Casady's CCD image of Plato, at left, shows the Montes Teneriffe and Pico (the image is linked to a larger image with the major features labelled).
The eastern Mare Imbrium has wrinkle ridges extending south from the vicinity of the Teneriffe Mountains, and west southwest from the Spitzbergen mountains.
www.shallowsky.com /moon/rukl11.html   (196 words)

  
 Lunar observing report may 10, 2003
Near the terminator, in the upper half of the picture, you see Plato, Mare Imbrium, the Montes Apeninnus, Erathosthenes and Copernicus.
Slightly to the west of the Montes Teneriffe lies a lonely mountain, Mons Pico (Rukl 11).
To the North of Copernicus lie the Montes Carpatus, the crater Pytheas and the Crater Lambert (Rukl 20).
www.backyard-astro.com /solar/moon/2003_05_10/moon.html   (436 words)

  
 Jane Houston Jones; The bunny hop and other observing tails 5/2/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Montes Teneriffe, Pico, Piton and all the rest of the flock.
The next area that screamed at me for a look was Montes Riphaeus and Ural.
The crater Euclides had a pointy dunce-cap shaped shadow that was three or four times as long as the crater appeared wide.
observers.org /reports/2001.05.02.3.html   (920 words)

  
 3towers Observatory Moon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Apennine Mountains (Montes Apenninus) lie to the East of Eratosthenes.
To the West of isolated Pico are the Teneriffe Mountains and further to the West are the Montes Recti.
The Montes Riphaeus are in the center of the image.
www.3towers.com /3towersObservatoryMoon.htm   (2067 words)

  
 Weasner's Meade ETX Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It's Western rim brightly lit, rising above the pre-dawn and the lit portion of it's floor dark but contrasting strongly whith the retreating shadow.
Montes Teneriffe, Pico and other hills reflecting sunlight like mirrors almost.
At 17:15h(16:15h UT) the Eastern rim of Plato threw a crown-like shadow on it's floor.
www.weasner.com /etx/observations/moon_obs.html   (232 words)

  
 Lunar observing report of a 7-day-old Moon, March 28th, 2004
South of Eudoxus the Montes Caucasus (Rukl 13) and the Montes Apenninus (Rukl 22) could be seen near the terminator.
At the terminator, to the west of Cassini, Mons Piton could be seen with its eastern flank lit by the Sun.
In the Montes Apenninus, Conon, Aratus and Galen are clearly visible.
www.backyard-astro.com /solar/moon/2004_03-28/040230.html   (662 words)

  
 Jane Houston Jones; Rilles and Moon Sheep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Tonight 11/3/00 from 08:00 to 11:00 PM PST (11/4 04:00 - 08:00 UT) was a good night to see the moon sheep and rilles of the Apennines and Mare Imbrium.
Montes Teneriffe and Recti near Plato are the most famous of the moon sheep, named by local California observer Rich Neuschaefer.
Montes Spitzenberger, the Teneriffes, Plato, Piton and Pico will all be visible then.
observers.org /reports/2000.11.03.6.html   (460 words)

  
 Plato
Note the triangular section of wall on the western side that has broken away and slid down into the crater interior.
Montes Teneriffe and lone 2400 m high peak Pico below center left.
Morning (waxing moon) light on Plato causes a number of long, jagged shadows to be cast by the deceptively smooth looking western wall.
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/canterbury/222/shadow.htm   (323 words)

  
 An Amateur's Moon Portfolio Of Lunar Drawings en Pictures pag 35
Mare Imbrium region with indication of Copernicus (1), Eratosthenes (2), mare lava (3),Archimedes (4), Montes Apenninus (5) and the three main rings of the Imbrium impactbasin.
One of the most obvious rings is formed by the Montes Alpes, Montes Apenninus and Montes Carpatus.
An inner is ring is formed by smaller mountain ranges (Montes Recti, Montes Teneriffe, Montes Spitzbergensis) and even isolated mountain peaks (Piton, Pico).
users.telenet.be /lunarsite/pagina35.html   (1159 words)

  
 Observing The Sky » Moon: Day 8 - \”Dividing Copernicus\”
The much larger craters of Archimedes and Plato also in the north hemisphere are well-illuminated; each has a thin crescent of darkness on the east sides within - short shadows from their east rim falling upon their floors.
Brightly illuminated scattered mountain peaks (Montes Teneriffe & Mons Pico) south of Plato resemble discarded kernals of white rice in the gray interior of Mare Imbrium.
If the rugged line of the mighty Apennines Mountains, along with the crater Eratosthenes and white rough, sunlit Montes Archimedes doesn\’t resemble a big bird fossil on the lunar surface, I don\’t know what does.
www.lpod.org /ots/?p=615   (367 words)

  
 The Moon
To the right of Plato is Vallis Alpes (Alpine Valley) in the Montes Alpes (Alpine Mountains).
The "sheep" are the Montes Teneriffe (Teneriffe Mountains) consisting of the mountains Pico, Piton and Piazzi Smyth, all easily seen here.
Below these craters is the Montes Caucuses (Caucuses Mountains).
www.kalemis.com /moon.htm   (634 words)

  
 Record of Lunar Observation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mosaic Photo showing location of Montes Teneriffe and Plato.
The final feature to be observed this morning following Eratosthenes and Montes Appenninus (see previous report) was the distinctive dark crater Plato, located within the highland area of Montes Alpes between Mare Imbrium and Mare Frigoris.
Adacent to the southern edge of Plato are the isolated peaks that make up the Montes Teneriffe range.
users.eggconnect.net /iknight/ob20.htm   (171 words)

  
 Wellington Astronomical Society: gallery
The isolated peak near Cassini is Mount Piton at 2250m high.
The row of isolated mountains running top the left from Mount Piton are called the Montes Recti (Straight Mountain) and Montes Teneriffe (Teneriffe Mountains).
Image taken by John Field using a Meade LPI Camera through the C8 telescope at Pauatahanui.
www.was.org.nz /01gallery.html   (532 words)

  
 An Amateur's Moon Portfolio Of Lunar Drawings en Pictures pag12
Drawings show Rima Fresnel (001203A), Montes Spitzbergensis (960128) and Archimedes (000212).
Continuing with observations in and around the Imbrium basin, this plate shows Cassini (960327), Montes Teneriffe (000906), Herculus (001203B) and Mons Piton (040526B).
Overview of the area around Rima Triesnecker and Rima Hyginus with detailed drawings of the Rima Hyginus (010302 and 951229) and a domes near the crater Bruce (040526A).
users.telenet.be /lunarsite/pagina12.html   (142 words)

  
 Lunar Images with Maksutov-Cassegrain
Rupes Recta or "Straight Wall" is 110 km long, crater Birt and smaller Birt A are just to the right Rima Birt can just be seen below and to the right of crater Birt.
101 km diameter Plato, Pico is at upper right and Montes Teneriffe to immediate right on the north western edge of Mare Imbrium.
Central peaks are clearly visible in 58 km wide terraced walled crater Eratosthenes located on the eastern end of the Apenninus mountains.
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/canterbury/222/maksutov.htm   (522 words)

  
 Testament of Arkadia_Extended Version
"The commander is en route to the ISOLAB Unit on the Montes Teneriffe."
The 'probe' (and calling it that took quite the exalted imagination, according to Bram Cedrix) was still out there on the Montes Teneriffe.
They would have taken it to the Experimental Laboratory, but A) There were no bay doors for transferring the cargo; and B) Phil Geist felt that the copious amounts of loadstone, endemic to the plateau, would be a boon to them for effecting repairs on the capsule.
www.space1999.net /~simy1/TofAextended.html   (21848 words)

  
 Tom’s Astronomy Blog » Moon Shot
To the right of Plato the Montes Alps appear to be split by the rille Vallis Alps.
Looking northwest, the not so diminutive crater Le Verrier can be seen; at 20 km it isn’t exactly a craterlet.
Finally, slightly east of due north the Montes Recti shows up well, it looks like a loaf of bread to me (ok so I’m hungry), at any rate it points the way to the Montes Teneriffe.
tomsastroblog.com /?p=485   (2549 words)

  
 LeVerrier
Refer to your Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 49.
Image - Mons Pico and Montes Teneriffe (Genovese)
Mons Pico (The Moon - Wilkens and Moore)
www.astrosurf.com /lunascan/011dir.htm   (93 words)

  
 Lunar Mountains
(km) Mons Agnes 18.6N 5.3E 1.0 Montes Agricola 29.1N 54.2W 141.0 Montes Alpes 46.4N 0.8W 281.0 Mons Ampère 19.0N 4.0W 30.0 Mons André 5.2N
10.0 Montes Apenninus 18.9N 3.7W 401.0 Montes Archimedes 25.3N 4.6W 163.0 Mons Ardeshir 5.0N
8.0 Mons Argaeus 63.6S 30.1E 77.0 Mont Blanc 45.0N 1.0E 25.0 Mons Bradley 22.0N 1.0E 30.0 Montes Carpatus 14.5N 24.4W 361.0 Montes Caucasus 38.4N 10.0E 445.0 Montes Cordillera 17.5S 81.6W 574.0 Mons Delisle 29.5N 35.8W 30.0 Mons Dieter 5.0N
www.fourmilab.ch /earthview/lunarform/mons.html   (121 words)

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