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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Photos: Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs are by H. Hargitai. Several photographs are from the USGS Astrogeology Map Library and Lowell Observatory, both in Flagstaff, Arizona. Several photographs of Soviet maps were taken at MIIGAiK, Moscow.
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Observation instrument: Telescope, visual
14 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #424 | Marskarte 1951/56 bis +55° Breite | Heintz, W. | Mars | 1959 | ||||||
| #385 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #386 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | de l'Isle, Bidault | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #387 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Desloges, Jarry | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #388 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Lowell, Percival | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #389 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | McEwen, Henry | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #390 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Rudaux, L. | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #391 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #345 |
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Chart of Mars Thomson, H 1927 Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association 27, London, pt 1, pl. 8 | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1927 | |||||
| #339 | Chart of Mars | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1926 | ||||||
| #327 | Contours de la calotte polaire de Mars pendant l'opposition de 1913-1914 Contours of the polar cap of Mars during the opposition of 1913-1914 | Desloges, Jarry | Mars | 1923 | ||||||
| #328 | Courbe representative du retrait de la calotte polaire de Mars en 1915-1916 d'apres les observations de M P. Briault, a l'Observatoire de Sétif (Carte dressée par M.G. Fournier) Curve representing the retreat of the polar cap of Mars in 1915-1916, from observations by M. P. Briault at the Setif Observatory (map drawn by M. G. Fournier) | Briault, M. P. | Mars | 1923 | ||||||
| #329 | La Lac du Soleil The Lake of the Sun | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1923 | ||||||
| #269 |
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Map of Mercury Source: P. Lowell: New observations of the planet Mercury. Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1902. In Memoirs o… | Lowell, Percival | Mercury | 1902 |