Montes Secchi
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| Montes Secchi and Rimae Secchi with Secchi crater ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 2.71 ° N , 43.2 ° 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
- ↑ Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Apollo 13, Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ISBN 0618619585 , p. 52
Web links
- Montes Secchi on The-Moon Wiki