Montes Secchi

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Montes Secchi
Taruntius - LROC - WAC.JPG
Montes Secchi and Rimae Secchi with Secchi crater ( LROC -WAC)
Montes Secchi (moon equatorial region)
Montes Secchi
position 2.71 °  N , 43.2 °  E Coordinates: 2 ° 42 '36 "  N , 43 ° 12' 0"  E
diameter 52 km
Named after Angelo Secchi
See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

The Montes Secchi are a mountain group on the Earth's moon with an average diameter of around 50 km. They are located between the south-eastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis and the north-western edge of the Mare Fecunditatis . It is named after the Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi .

South of the Montes Secchi parallel the moon groove Rimae Secchi .

The triangular Mount Secchi Theta was nicknamed Mount Marilyn by astronaut Jim Lovell during the Apollo 8 lunar mission . The mountain is the triangular elevation at the bottom left in the picture.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Apollo 13, Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ISBN 0618619585 , p. 52

Web links