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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #38 |
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Tabula Selenographica : in visibilis Lunae Hemisphaerio orthographicam delineationem exhibens Marium, Sinuum, Insularum, Continentium, Promontoriorum, Lacium, Paludum, Montium, Planitierum, et Vallium / adminiculo Tubi Optici à Clariss. D. Ioanne Hevelio detectorum Selenographic table showing the visible hemisphere of the Moon in orthographic projection 1696 Joanne Zahn (1696) Specula physico-mathematico-historica notabilium ac mirablium sciendorum in qua MUNDI MIRAB… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1696 | |||||
| #6804 |
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Variae Saturni phases ab Astronomis observatae | Blatt 6. | Zahn, Joanne | Saturn | 1696 | Joannis Christophori Lochner | |||
| #5909 |
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Carte de la Luna Map of the Moon ... and its reprints. They can be identified from the heart that is crossed by a Tycho ray. Cassini's moon drawing … | Cassini, Giovanni D. | Moon | 1679 | |||||
| #14 |
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Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica (Strassbourg copy) Austrian-Philippic light of the full Moon The Strassbourg copy. Courtesy EA Whitaker. It is a "counterfeit map" copied from the original with some names mis-spell… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #6799 |
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300 in map of the Moon, Special section of Limb Regions, Stereographic Projection Based on observations by H. P. Wilkins and P. A. Moore | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | (1950) | |||||
| #6805 |
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ACIC Globe of the Moon The same globe as Denoyer-Geppert but with Latin nomenclature | Moon | 8.5M | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||||
| #6788 |
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Copernico cratere della Luna Come si vede col grande refrattore di Merz all'Osservatorio del Collegio Romani stando la Luna in eta di 10 giorni. Scal… | Moon | (1855) | ||||||
| #5923 | Crater catalog of Callisto | Callisto | 25M | |||||||
| #6387 |
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Earth's Moon - Two hemisphere shaded relief plus nomenclature overlays | Moon | National Geographic Society | ||||||
| #6795 |
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Far side of the Moon (Zond-3 photographs) | Moon | 5M | (1965) | |||||
| #6033 | Geological map of Mercury H07 Beethoven | Guzzetta, Laura | Mercury | H-07 | 3M | |||||
| #6034 | Geological map of Mercury H05 Hokusai | Wright, Jack | Mercury | H-05 | 3M | |||||
| #6035 | Geological map of Mercury H06 Kuiper | Giacomini, Lorenza | Mercury | H-06 | 3M | |||||
| #6036 | Geological map of Mercury H14 Debussy | Pegg, David | Mercury | H-14 | 3M | |||||
| #6039 | GEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE MERCURY QUADRANGLE H-10 (DERAIN) | Mercury | H-10 | 3M | ||||||
| #6214 |
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Lunar Eastern Hemisphere with Landing Sites | Kinsler, Danny C. | Moon | Moon, near side | 10M | (1977) | |||
| #6772 |
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Map Showing Relief and Surface Markings of the Lunar Polar Regions nomenclature overlay | Moon | (1981) | U. S. Geological Survey | |||||
| #6779 |
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Mars 1900-1 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | ||||||
| #6302 |
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Mars albedo map nomenclature overlays (only pre-topography names) - perhaps for preliminary geologic terrain map of mars | Mars | |||||||
| #6303 |
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Mars Chart | Mars | U. S. Geological Survey | ||||||
| #6332 |
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Mary Blagg's Moon chart overlays (Named Lunar Formations) Moon chart overlays drawn by M. A. Blagg from Saunder's and Franz's published measures and from photographs for use of t… | Blagg, Mary A. | Moon | (1922) | |||||
| #6773 |
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MC-1 albedo & icecap | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | MC-1 | 5M | (1976) | |||
| #6386 |
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Moon South Pole relief | Hall, Barbara J. | Moon | 5M | |||||
| #6801 |
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Named Lunar Formations ca. 1960s? E. Whitaker papers | Moon | |||||||
| #6783 |
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Outline map of Mars (control map) | Mars |