The Catalog of Planetary Maps.
Sources: The research that led to this catalog was supported by Fulbright Hungary Grant No. 1222202, awarded to H. Hargitai for research at USGS Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona (advisor: Trent Hare), and by the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography (advisor: Kira Shingareva). Most of the data is based on the inventory of the map library of USGS Astrogeology.
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| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #471 | ALPO map of Mars 1960-1961 | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) | |||||
| #472 | Area recommended for first manned lunar landing | Dougan, D. W. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #473 |
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Clark C. Chapman's 1960-61 Map of Mars The Strolling Astronomer, 1961 (1-2) Drawing, made with a 10-inch reflector, 1960. Source Chapman… | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | |||||
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COMMISSION POUR L’ETUDE PHYSIQUE DES PLANETES ET DES SATELLITES Commission for the Physical Study of Planets and Satellites TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIB (the following is excerpted from the book published by Academic Press in 1962) PROC… | Dollfus, Audouin | 1961 | ||||||
| #475 | Contour map of the visible face of the Moon | Baldwin, R. B. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #476 |
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Copernicus ACIC, 1st Edition, 1961. Source: Carder, R. W. 1962. Lunar Charting on a Scale of 1:1000000. In: The Moo… | LAC 58 | Kuiper, Gerard P. | Moon | LAC 58 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #477 |
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Description and evaluation of the physiographic regions - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | Moon near side | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #5701 | Distribution of major lunar rilles, modified from Baldwin 1949 p198 The Face of the Moon, Univ of Chicago Press | Salisbury, J. W. | Moon | 1961 | U. S. Air Force | |||||
| #479 |
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Generalized Photogeologic Map of the Moon Hackman, Robert J. (research and compilation) Modified 1961 Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon Greyscal… | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 9M | 1961 | ||||
| #480 |
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Generalized Photogeologic Map of the Moon - Engineer special study of the surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #478 | Generalized Photogeologic Map of the Moon -- Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon Physiographic Divisions | I-351A | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | ||||
| #481 | Grimaldi, Letroni, Riphaeus Mountains, Ptolemaeus Topographic Map Collage | LAC 74-77 | Moon | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||||
| #482 |
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Lunar Chart - Copernicus | LAC 58 | Dungan, Fred | Moon | LAC 58 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #483 |
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Lunar Chart - Riphaeus Mountains | LAC 76 (1) | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC 76 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #484 |
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Lunar Chart Index, Index No. 1, Code LAC | Moon | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #485 |
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Lunar Photogeologic Chart - Copernicus (Prototype Chart), 1st Advanced Printing | LPC 58 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #486 |
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Lunar Rays - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #487 | Lunar Rays -- Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon Physiographic Divisions | I-351B | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | ||||
| #512 |
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Map 512 | Camichel, Henri | Io | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #513 | Map 513 | Camichel, Henri | Callisto | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #514 | Map 514 | Camichel, Henri | Europa | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #515 | Map 515 | Camichel, Henri | Ganymede | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #516 | Map 516 | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #517 | Map 517 | Dollfus, Audouin | Titan | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #518 |
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Map 518 Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the… | Lyot, Bernard | Callisto | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #519 |
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Map 519 Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the… | Lyot, Bernard | Europa | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #520 |
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Map 520 Ganymedes | Lyot, Bernard | Ganymede | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #521 |
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Map 521 Io Courtesy of Ton Lindemann | Lyot, Bernard | Io | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
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Map 522 Titan Titan was observed by Lyot, Dollfus, Camichel, Bruch. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off p… | Lyot, Bernard | Titan | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #523 |
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Map 523 1:13 600 000 SAI Moscow 1961 Copies: 16500 [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="https://planetarymapping.e… | Moon | 13.6M | 1961 | |||||
| #488 | Map of Mars | du Martheray, Maurice | Mars | 1961 | R. Sauerländer & Co. | |||||
| #489 | Map of the United States showing locations of known meteorite craters and features of possible impact origin | Stauffer, Karl W. | Earth | 1961 | ||||||
| #490 | Map showing the lunar grid system | Firsoff, V. A. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #491 | Mare Nectaris and Vicinity | Moon | 1961 | |||||||
| #492 |
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Physiographic Divisions of the Moon Physiographic Divisions of the Moon 1:3 800 000 Engeneering Special Study of the Surface of the Moon I-351 1961 USG… | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | |||
| #493 |
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Physiographic Divisions of the Moon - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon "first printing July 1960" | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #494 | Physiographic Divisions of the Moon -- Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon Physiographic Divisions | I-351C | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | ||||
| #495 |
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Planisphere of Mercury, summarizing the spots observed on 10 composite photographs obtained in 1942 and 1944. Upper row: 1942, Lyot - 25 drawings, 36 inch refractor, 300-500x magnification. Lower row: 1950, A Dollfus, 60-inch ref… | Lyot, Bernard | Mercury | 1961 | |||||
| #496 | Preliminary isopachous map of the Procellarian System, Letronne Region of the Moon | Marshall, Charles H. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #498 | Recommended credit notes for Lunar Photogeologic chart | LPC 58P | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #5702 | Simplified lunar tectonic patterns, modified from Bulow K von (Bülow) 1958 (or 1957), p 595 Bulow K Tektonische analyse der Mondrinde. Geologie, heft 6/7 565-609 | Salisbury, J. W. | Moon | 1961 | U. S. Air Force | |||||
| #499 | Sketch map of the Lansberg region of the Moon showing albedo values | Morris, Eliott C. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #500 | The smallest pre-Apenninian crater in each 4 deg square of the Lansberg Region | Eggleton, Richard E. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #501 | Thermoluminescence characteristics of the Geode Bed of the Alpha Member of the Kaibab Limestone in Rim of Meteor Crater, Arizona | Roachs, C. H. | Earth | 1961 | ||||||
| #502 | Topographic Lunar Map - Encke-B Sheet 4 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||||
| #503 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Euclides-F Sheet 3 | Lunar 3T250 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||
| #504 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Gradient Tint Printing, Edition 1-AMS, Preliminary printing, sheet 1 | Moon | 5M | 1961 | Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers | ||||
| #505 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Landsberg C Sheet 1, Edition 1-AMS, Preliminary Printing | Lunar 1T250 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||
| #506 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Preliminary Printing - Edition 1-AMS - Sheet 1 | Moon | 5M | 1961 | Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers | ||||
| #507 | Topographic Lunar Map - Preliminary Printing Sheet 1 | Moon | 5M | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||||
| #508 | USAF Lunar chart LAC 57 pamphlet | Moon | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||||
| #509 | USAF Lunar index pamphlet | Moon | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||||
| #510 | USAF Lunar reference mosaic LEM 1A pamphlet | Moon | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||||
| #511 | World map showing locations of known meteorite craters and features of possible impact origin | Stauffer, Karl W. | Earth | 1961 |