1950 – Catalog of Planetary Maps

Lowell Observatory map of Mars 1962

G. de Vaucouleurs: Precision mapping of Mars. In: Physics of Planets. Proceedings of the 11th International Astrophysical Symposium Liege, July 9-12, 1962. 369- Bad image quality due to scanning, original paper version is not available.

Dollfus’ Mars Polar Cap Map 1956

The two extremes of the south polar cap of Mars in 1956. (Pic du Midi, Dollfus). In: Dollfus, A. 1965 Étude de la planète Mars de 1954 à 1958 Annales d’Astrophysique, Vol. 28, p.722

McLaughlin’s wind map of Mars (1954)

Source McLaughlin, D. B.: Wind patterns and volcanoes on Mars. The Observatory, Vol. 74, p. 166-168 (1954) McLaughlin, D. B.: Interpretation of Some Martian Features. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 66, No. 391, p.161

Mottoni’s albedo synthesis maps of Mars

De Mottoni Y Palacios, G. (1975). The appearance of Mars from 1907 to 1971: Graphic synthesis of photographs from the I.A.U. center at Meudon. Icarus, 25(2), 296–332 Note: we display these maps north-up.

Lopez and Escalante’s maps of Mars (1956)

Escalante Lopez López E, Escalante FJ 1963 El planeta Marte : 1907-1956 ; areografía, areología, bioareografía y climatología, la vida en su superficie. Mexico DF p52

Early maps of Mercury

A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on photographic studies in 1942-1948. (Note: This caption wronly identifies Venus as the mapped object. It is Mercury). 1942-1948 Dollfus, A 1889 Schiaparelli Astr. Nach. 1889 p 246 1897 Lowell Mem. Amer. o Arts and Sciences 1897 […]

ALPO map of Mars

1954 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) 1954 Source 1960 Both, Ernst E., A.L.P.O. Map of Mars for 1960-1961 These maps are updated regularly. See http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/Observing_Mars_4.html

Rand McNally’s Official Maps of the Moon (1958-)

The 1958 edition includes the Physiographic division of the Moon that was published only in 1961. Background: ACIC. 1958 edition, printed in Japan 1969 edition Far side of the Moon: M 1:5.5M. Shaded relief aibrush map, based on Lunar Orbiter I-V images. 1969 Apollo landing sites 1969

Barabashev’s drawing of Mars

Reproduced in Kulin-Zerinváry: A távcső világa. Budapest, 1958. Courtesy of I. Almar ” In the 1920-1926 yrs. with the help of a 270-millimeter reflector NP Barabashov conducted a large number of visual observations of Mars in different spectral ranges, the result of which was the compilation of a map of the planet’s surface.” (Wikipedia, Russian version)

Temperature map of the Moon

Source: Zerinváry Szilárd: A Naprendszer élete. Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó, 1953, Budapest Origin of the map unknown. Caption: Temperature values on the Moon in the Sun-facing hemisphere.

Focas’ drawing of Mars 1958

Drawing by J. H. FOcas, Pic du Midi, 1958 Jean-Henri Focas Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B Middlehurst, eds. Chicago Univ Press 543-571.

Pic du Midi drawings and map of Mercury

Upper row: 1942, Lyot – 25 drawings, 36 inch refractor, 300-500x magnification. Lower row: 1950, A Dollfus, 60-inch refractor, 750-900x magnification Lyot and Camichel, 1942: Map from 12 composites. 23 markings were measured. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B […]