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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Main_theme: albedo
459 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #657 | LAC 58 Full Moon apparition | Dungan, Fred | Moon | LAC 58 | 1M | 1964 | ||||
| #672 | Lunar surface albedo | Moon | 1964 | |||||||
| #710 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Euclides Sheet 2 | Lunar 2T250 | Moon | 250k | 1964 | Army Map Service | |||
| #582 | Isotonal Map of the Lansberg Region of the Moon. Plate 3 of (envelop): Astrogeologic studies, Annual progress report, Aug 25, 1961 to Aug 24, 1962. Supplement to Part A Lunar and Panetary Investigations. USGS | LVC-20 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | LVC 20 | 2M | 1963 | |||
| #601 | Planisphere of Mars after the observations made at Kwasan and National Science Museum. Key map for the 1963 aspect of Martian Markings, after the osbervations made by S. Miyamoto, T. Saheki, S Muramaya and the author | Mars | 1963 | |||||||
| #608 | Räths Mondglobus | 306/68 K2/64 | Moon | 10.4M | 1963 | Paul Räth Nachf KG Leipzig | ||||
| #531 | Isotonal Map of the Lansberg Region of the Moon Map Set | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | LAC 76 | 2M | 1962 | ||||
| #536 | LM78 coloration, revised | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LM 78 | 1962 | |||||
| #553 | Mars – Key Map | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 50M | 1962 | |||||
| #554 |
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MEC-1 Prototype This map is the last product of the pre-space age maps, combining all possible knowledge to support the first space miss… | MEC-1 | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 35M | 1962 | U. S. Air Force | ||
| #560 |
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Schematic chart of the far side of the Moon. Pulkovo Observatory, Leningrad, U.S.S.R. The photographs of the far side of the Moon, obtained on 7 October 1959 by the… | Breido, I. I. | Moon | 1962 | D. Reidel Publishing Company | ||||
| #473 |
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Clark C. Chapman's 1960-61 Map of Mars The Strolling Astronomer, 1961 (1-2) Drawing, made with a 10-inch reflector, 1960. Source Chapman… | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | |||||
| #486 |
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Lunar Rays - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #518 |
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Map 518 Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the… | Lyot, Bernard | Callisto | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #519 |
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Map 519 Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the… | Lyot, Bernard | Europa | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #520 |
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Map 520 Ganymedes | Lyot, Bernard | Ganymede | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #521 |
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Map 521 Io Courtesy of Ton Lindemann | Lyot, Bernard | Io | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #522 |
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Map 522 Titan Titan was observed by Lyot, Dollfus, Camichel, Bruch. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off p… | Lyot, Bernard | Titan | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #488 | Map of Mars | du Martheray, Maurice | Mars | 1961 | R. Sauerländer & Co. | |||||
| #495 |
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Planisphere of Mercury, summarizing the spots observed on 10 composite photographs obtained in 1942 and 1944. Upper row: 1942, Lyot - 25 drawings, 36 inch refractor, 300-500x magnification. Lower row: 1950, A Dollfus, 60-inch ref… | Lyot, Bernard | Mercury | 1961 | |||||
| #499 | Sketch map of the Lansberg region of the Moon showing albedo values | Morris, Eliott C. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #452 | The Planet Mars | Mars | 1960 | North American Aviation, Inc. Space and Information Systems Division | ||||||
| #463 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Chart - Lunar Earthside Hemisphere, 2nd advanced edition | LEC-IA | Moon | Moon, near side | 10M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #424 | Marskarte 1951/56 bis +55° Breite | Heintz, W. | Mars | 1959 | ||||||
| #425 | Selected rays from Tycho and Copernicus | Giamboni, L. A. | Moon | 1959 |