Mons Agnes
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Mons Agnes. Very low Sun (6.6°) makes the relief well-seen. Width of the photo is 1 km. Image by LRO, 2009.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 30 m |
| Listing | Lunar mountains |
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| Naming | |
| Translation | Feminine name Agnes (Greek) |
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| Location | the Moon |
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Mons Agnes is a hill ("mountain") on the Moon, in Lacus Felicitatis, inside crater-like feature Ina, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It has maximal width of approximately 650 m[1] (the smallest of all named lunar mountains ar for 2014[2]). Its height is more difficult to determine; from Apollo 15 images it was determined as about 30 m,[1] but newer map, based on LRO photos, gives about 10 m.[3]
Mons Agnes (and all the Ina crater) was discovered on the photos made by Apollo 15 from lunar orbit in 1971.[4] In 1974 NASA published a topophotomap where its name first appeared: it received Greek feminine name Agnes.[1] In 1979 this name (with a term Mons – "mountain") was adopted by International Astronomical Union.[5]
Mons Agnes is one of several dozens of similar hills inside Ina (but one of the largest). Their origin, as for Ina on the whole, remains enigmatic.[6][7]
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (the map from this work)
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- ↑ Blue, Jennifer. "Mons Agnes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (poster)
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Links
- Interactive map of Mons Agnes and the neighbourhood
- Set of high-resolution interactive maps of the region
- Map of LAC-41 quadrangle
- Mons Agnes on The-Moon Wiki
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