Catalog of Planetary Maps
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.
Referring work:
137 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6770 |
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Geologic Map of the Purbach Quadrangle of the Moon | Holt, H. E. | Moon | LAC 95 | 1973 | ||||
| #2216 |
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Mars (with labels) | JPL WO-8122 | Mars | 1973 | |||||
| #2265 |
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Shaded Relief map of Mars (with nomenclature) Prepared under JPL contract WO-8122 1:25M Mercator projection Preliminary map made from Mariner 9 data. Topographic … | MM 25M IR | Bridges, Patricia M. | Mars | 25M | 1973 | |||
| #2302 |
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Топографическая карта на район действия Лунохода-2 Topographic map of the Lunokhod-2 operating area Topograficheskaya Karta na rajon dejstviya Lunokhoda-2 VN-B-3-41-C Krater Lemon'e Crater Le Monnier Lonokhod 2 tra… | VN-B-3-41-C | Moon | 50M | 1973 | Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography | |||
| #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 | |||||
| #1599 |
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Lunar chart (1st edition) (2-sided) Scale 1:10M 1st Edition, March 1970 Prepared by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Forc… | LPC-1 (1) | Moon | 10M | 1970 | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #6775 |
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Lunar Surface Exploration Map Data Package Apollo Landing Site 3 | SKB 32100080-370 | Moon | 1969 | |||||
| #6774 |
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Lunar Surface Exploration Map Data Package Apollo Landing Site 7 | SKB 32100081-371 | 1969 | ||||||
| #6781 |
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Mars 1969 north 'cloud' frequencies | Martin, Leonard J. | Mars | 1969 | |||||
| #6222 |
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Original gores for the ACIC/Denoyer-Geppert Lunar globe [caption id="attachment_10062" align="alignnone" width="225"] Lowell Observatory Archive, Leonard Martin papers[/caption… | JJ#3CSBB-BA | Moon | 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 | ||
| #1089 |
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Lunar Photomap ORB II - 8d (25) | ORB II-8d | Moon | 25k | 1967 | ||||
| #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 | |||
| #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 | |||
| #534 |
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Lansberg | LVC-20 | Moon | 2M | 1962 | 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 | |
| #503 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Euclides-F Sheet 3 | Lunar 3T250 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||
| #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 | |||
| #6802 |
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Reduction de la Carte Félix Chemla Lamech | 1933 | |||||||
| #6780 |
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Mars-1911 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1911 | |||||
| #280 |
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Map 280 A Mars és a Föld összehasonlító topográfiája. Comparative topography of Mars and Earth. Lukács Károly 1904. Manuscript. … | Lukács, Károly | Mars | 1904 | |||||
| #6789 |
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Atlas Lunaire | Puiseux, P. | Moon | 1899 | Societé Belge d'Astronomie | ||||
| #226 |
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Map of the South Pole of Mars, Showing the Polar Cap and its Changes, 1894 Map of the South Pole of Mars, Showing the Polar Cap and its Changes, 1894. In: MARS by Percival Lowell, 1895. | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1895 | |||||
| #187 |
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Carte générale de la Lune. General map of the Moon Carte générale de la Lune. Editor: Camille Flammarion Based on: the map of C.M. Gaudibert Graphic artist: Léon … | Flammarion, Camille | Fenet, L. | Moon | 1887 | ||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #114 |
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Relief der sichtbaren Halbkugel des Mondes, angefertigt von Th. Dickert in Bonn. Relief of the visible hemisphere of the Moon, made by Th. Dickert in Bonn. Location: Bonn, Germany, 1850, transported to the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (189x-190x) Constructed b… | Dickert, Th | Moon | 600k | 1850 | ||||
| #104 |
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Exhibiting the same view of the Moon’s surface as plate the first Plate the 2nd Exhibiting the same view of the Moon’s surface as plate the first. The first plate presents the Moon… | Russell, John | Moon | 1840 | James Wyld, Charing Cross East | ||||
| #103 |
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The Moon in Plano Plate the First of the Moon in Plano. Engraved by John Russell Esq. R.A. from his original Drawings, carefully measu… | Russell, John | Moon | 1840 | James Wyld, Charing Cross East | ||||
| #95 |
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Mappa Selenographica totam Lunae hemisphaeram risibilem complectons chorratinibus propriis secundum projectionem othographicam quatuor Sectionibus constructa et delineata Suae Majestati Friderico Sexto regi daniae illustrissimo .... Guilelmo Beer et Joanne Henrico Mädler Ediio Genuina Berolini MDCCCXXXIV Ex autographico in lapudem inciduit Carolus Vogel Apud Simon Schropp et Soc Selenographic map encompassing the whole visible hemisphere of the Moon Mappa SELENOGRAPHICA totam Lunae hemisphaeram visibilem complectens Observationibus propriis secundum projectionem… | Guilelmo, Beer | Moon | 1834 | Simon Schropp & Co. | ||||
| #6796 |
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The Moon in Plano | Russell, John | Moon | 1805 | Wra. Faden Charing cross | ||||
| #6791 |
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The visible surface of the Moon constructed from Trianules measured with micrometer and accurately drawn and engraved from a long series of telescopic observations "The globes were made for the commercial market and could be purchased by subscription. Russell designed a stand for the… | inv.52085 | Russell, John | Moon | 1797 | ||||
| #56 |
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Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam … Hevelii quam Riccioli Selenographic table in which the lunar spots are exactly described according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli Publication Date: 1707?/1730/42? Based on: the map of the Moon by Hevelius and Riccioli (slightly changed nomenclature)… | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1742 | |||||
| #48 | Tabula Selenographica : in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam Praestantissimorum Astronomorum tam Hevelii quam Riccioli Curiosis Rei Sidereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmaiero Math. P. P. Operâ Ioh. Baptistae Homanni Selenographic table: an exact description of lunar features according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1716 | ||||||
| #45 | Tabula Selenographica : in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam Praestantissimorum Astronomorum tam Hevelii quam Riccioli Curiosis Rei Sidereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmajero. Operâ Ioh. Baptistae Homanni Selenographic table: an exact description of lunar features according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1707 | ||||||
| #43 | Tabula Selenographica : in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam Praestantissimorum Astronomorum tam Hevelii quam Riccioli Curiosis Rei Sidereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmajero Math. P. P. operâ Ioh. Baptistae Homanni Selenographic table: an exact description of lunar features according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1702 |