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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Format: sketch map
11 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4850 |
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Sketch map in Elysium Planitia De Hon, R.A. Martian lake basins and lacustrine plains. Earth Moon Planet 56, 95–122 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF0… | de Hon, René A. | Mars | 1992 | |||||
| #4851 |
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Sketch map in Margaritifer Terra. Basin at end of Ladon Vallis is surrounded by numerous valley networks that terminate in a smooth, flat depositional plain. This is the first map of Ladon basin and its inlet and outlet channels. Sketch map in Margaritifer Terra. Basin at en… | de Hon, René A. | Mars | 1992 | |||||
| #4219 |
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Map 4219 Tanaka KL, Scott DH Youngest channel system on Mars. 44-45. MECA Special Session at LPSC XVII 1986 Martian Geomorphology… | Tanaka, Kenneth L. | Mars | 1986 | Lunar and Planetary Institute | ||||
| #4118 |
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Map 4118 Date: Apr 26, 1951. Source: W. R. Corliss: The Moon and The Planets. The sourcebook project 1985. Spoke system | Baum, R. M. | Venus | 1985 | |||||
| #3704 |
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Generalized geologic map of the region West of Tharsis Montes Marte Vallis first appears on this map. This paper is not subject to U.S. copyright. Published in 1982 by the America… | Scott, David H. S. | Mars | 1982 | American Geophysical Union | ||||
| #3628 |
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Sketch map of Amalthea Veverka J, Thomas P, Morrison D, Davies ME 1981 Amalthea: Voyager imaging results J Geophys Res 86, 8675–8692. | Veverka, J. | Amalthea | 1981 | |||||
| #470 |
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Map 470 Sketch of the farside From the front page of: Issledovanie Luny v SSSR Ed. V. Polyakov The 1st scheme from Luna 3 images… | Polyakov, V. | Moon | 10M | 1960 | ||||
| #221 |
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Rough sketch of the geographical aspect of Venus "A Vénus térrajza". Camille Flammarion: Népszerű csillagászattan (Popular Astronomy), Budapest edition c. 1880-1900 | Flammarion, Camille | Venus | 1894 | |||||
| #51 |
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Tabula Selenographica Selenographic table/map Lunatio Crescens | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1723 | |||||
| #33 |
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Machinae Coelestis pars posteriori rerum uranicarum observationes The later part of Celestial Machine: observations of celestial matters Johnnis Hevelii Machinae Coelestis pars posteriori rerum uranicarum observationes..... Simon Reininger, Gedani 1679 | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1679 | Simon Reininger | ||||
| #6690 |
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Venus-centered coordinate system Goldstein RM (1965), Preliminary Venus radar results, Radio Sci., 69D, 1623-1625. | Goldstein, R. M. | Venus |