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.
Contact: The catalog is curated by H. Hargitai, ELTE, Budapest, hargitai.henrik@btk.elte.hu.
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165 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6787 |
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Pacific Recovery Planning Chart | Earth | 10M | 1972 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #2038 |
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Preliminary geologic map of the equatorial region of Mars | WO-8122 | Carr, Michael H. | Mars | 15M | 1972 | |||
| #6786 |
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V-12 major Lunar features Used after Transearth Injection. It was onboard Apollo 16, part of a set "Lunar Orbital Science Visual Observational Sit… | Moon | 1972 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||||
| #1601 |
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Lunar Chart (one sided) | LPC-1 (multipart edition) | Moon | Entire moon | 10M | 1970 | |||
| #1420 |
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Denoyer-Geppert Lunar Globe Publisher: Chicago : Denoyer-Geppert Date: 1969 References: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC04849564 | Moon | 1969 | Denoyer-Geppert | |||||
| #6781 |
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Mars 1969 north 'cloud' frequencies | Martin, Leonard J. | Mars | 1969 | |||||
| #6782 |
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Topographic map of Mars | Hunten, Donald M. | Mars | 1969 | |||||
| #1558 |
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Полная карта Луны (9 листов) Complete map of the Moon (9 sheets) 1:5 000 000 Sternberg Astronomy Institute Luna-3, Zond-3, Lunar Orbiter images Chief of the department: Yu. N.Lipskiy… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | Moon, full | 5M | 1969 | Nauka | ||
| #1152 |
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Preliminary Geologic Map of the Rümker Quadrangle of the Moon (Preliminary Geologic Map of the Rumker Quadrangle of the Moon) | Eggleton, Richard E. | Moon | LAC 23 | 1M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #1168 |
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Полная карта Луны Complete map of the Moon Polnaya karta Luny using Luna-3 (1959) and Zond-3 (1965) images 1:5 000 000 Nauka, Moskva, 1967. Projection: „arbitr… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 5M | 1967 | Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Topograpical–Geodetical Survey | |||
| #849 |
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Lunar equatorial base map I = Preliminary terrain map of the Lunar equatorial belt Published and unpublished photographs from the Lick and Mt. Wilson Observatories and Ranger Series Photography. Visual t… | Holm, Esther A. | Moon | 1M | 1966 | ||||
| #854 | Lunar Equatorial Base Map I-VI | Holm, Esther A. | Moon | 1966 | ||||||
| #904 |
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Ranger VIII Lunar Map - Sabine, preliminary printing | Moon | 250k | 1966 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #911 |
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Terrain Atlas of the Lunar Equatorial Belt I — INTRODUCTION A. Purpose and Scope: The lunar equatorial belt between 60° W and 60° E longitude and 10° N to 10… | Holm, Esther A. | Moon | 1966 | |||||
| #927 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - Lunar Earthside Hemisphere (3rd Edition) | LEM-1 | Moon | Moon, near side | 5M | 1966 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #771 |
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Preliminary Geologic Map of the Macrobius Quadrangle of the Moon | Pohn, Howard A. | Moon | LAC 43 | 1965 | ||||
| #779 |
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Preliminary Geologic Map of the Taruntius Quadrangle | Wilhelms, Don E. | Moon | LAC 61 | 1M | 1965 | |||
| #610 |
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Rectified Lunar Atlas (Supplement to the USAF Lunar Atlas) A manuscript page of the Atlas with an actual photograph RECTIFIED LUNAR ATLAS Supplement Number Two to the PHOTO… | Whitaker, Ewen A. | Moon | 3.5M | 1963 | University of Arizona Press | |||
| #619 |
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Topographic Lunar Map Edition 1-AMS (Sheet 2) | 1-AMS | Moon | 1963 | |||||
| #6793 |
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Cape Canaveral | AS 9-1B-62 | Moore, R. S. | Earth | 1962 | Aerospace Corporation, Atlantic Missile Range Office | |||
| #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 | |
| #503 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Euclides-F Sheet 3 | Lunar 3T250 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||
| #464 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - 2nd advanced ed | LEM-1A | Moon | Moon, near side | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #6798 |
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300 in map of the Moon, Special section. Polar projection | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 1951 | |||||
| #373 |
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300 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 456k | 1946 | International Lunar Society |