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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Main_theme: albedo
459 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #266 |
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Mars 1901 - Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1901 | |||||
| #258 | Map 258 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1900 | ||||||
| #248 | Mars 1898-9 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1899 | ||||||
| #249 |
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Mars 1898-9, Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1899 | |||||
| #251 |
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Martis phaenomena, anno 1888 in hemisphaerio boreali…, Regiones Martis boreales… Phenomena of Mars in the northern hemisphere in 1888; northern regions of Mars 1888 (publ. 1899) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia e … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1899 | |||||
| #247 |
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Map 247 1898 reproduction Reproduction in Flammarion, C. 1898(?); De wonderen des hemels; Zutphen | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1898 | |||||
| #244 |
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Mars. Übesichtskarte des Planeten Mars von Camille Flammarion Mars. Overview map of the planet Mars by Camille Flammarion Amand Freiherr v. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld: Atlas del Himmelskunde. Wien, Pest, Leipzig 1898 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1898 | A. Hartlben's Verlag | ||||
| #239 |
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Map 239 Map of Mars 1896 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1896 Abhandlungen der Kgl Akademie des Wis… | Brenner, Leo | Mars | 1897 | |||||
| #241 |
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Map 241 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Lowell, Percival | Mercury | 1897 | |||||
| #242 |
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Map 242 Date: 1897 Source: Moore, P; 1960:T he planet Venus, London. Original source: Lowell, P; 1897: MNRAS (Monthly Notices of… | Lowell, Percival | Venus | 1897 | |||||
| #232 | Map of Mars 1897, Lowell Plate XLI | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1897 | ||||||
| #233 |
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Mars 1896-7 Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1897 | |||||
| #234 | Mars 1896-97 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1897 | ||||||
| #237 |
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Regiones Martis Boreales…, Hemispherium Martis boreale… Northern regions of Mars; northern hemisphere of Mars 1886 (publ. 1897) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia de… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1897 | |||||
| #230 |
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Mars 1883-84 1883-84 (publ. 1896) Mars 1883-84 Mercator Projection Source G. V. Sciapparelli: Memoria 6: Osservazioni astronomiche… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1896 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #227 |
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Map 227 Map of Mars 1894 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1894 Astronomische Nachrichten 137/3… | Brenner, Leo | Mars | 1895 | |||||
| #219 |
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Carte d' ensemble de la Planeta Mars avec ses lignes sombres nom doublées / Le geminazioni delle linee oscure del pianeta Marte Overview map of planet Mars with its dark lines not doubled / The doubling of the dark lines of planet Mars Popular reproductions "1877-1888" (1893 repr) Showing single and twin lines French edition Italian map. The same m… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1893 | Various, international | ||||
| #198 |
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A chart of Mars "This map represents the surface of Mars on the stereographic projection. It has been compiled (with only two exceptions… | Ball, Robert S. | Mars | 1892 | |||||
| #199 |
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Canaux énigmatiques observés sur la planete Mars Enigmatic canals observed on planet Mars Flammarion, C (1892) La planete Mars et ses condtions d'habilité. Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, Imprimeurs-libraries … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #200 |
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Carte de Mars faite en 1877 a l'Observatoire de Washington Map of Mars made in 1877 at the Washington Observatory [gallery ids="|" type="rectangular"] 1877 Published in: Flammarion, C (1892) La planete Mars et ses condtions d'habilit… | Fig 173 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | |||
| #206 | Chart of the Moon, quadrant | Plate 23-26 | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #209 | Karte des planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars | Fig 180 | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #195 |
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Karte des Planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars Karte des Planeten Mars 1883-84, Oswald Lohse Publikazionen des Astrophysikalischen Observatorium Potsdam. N 28, 1891. f… | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #197 |
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Map 197 1891 repr. US Edition, in: Peck, W. 1891; A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #194 | Map 194 | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1890 | ||||||
| #193 |
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Marte Mars | Giovannozzi, Giovanni | Mars | 1890 | |||||
| #191 |
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Map 191 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mercury | 1889 | |||||
| #190 |
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Map 190 A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli. | Mars | 186M | 1888 | |||||
| #184 |
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Mappa Aerographica 1881-82 Aerographic map, 1881–82 1881-82 (publ.1886) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1886 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #181 | Chart of Mars from observations in 1873 and 1884 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #176 | Map 176 | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #173 | Map of Mars | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #172 |
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Map 172 Cartographer: F. Kaiser Source: Flammarion, C. 1892; La Planète Mars; Paris Courtesy Ton Lindemann Also reproduced in… | Kaiser, Frederic | Mars | 1881 | |||||
| #167 |
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Mappa Areographica 1879 Areographic map, 1879 1879 (publ. 1881) Mappa Areographica 1879 Mercator Projection G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1881 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #169 | Mondansicht | Fig. 81 | Drechsler, A. | Moon | 1881 | J. J. Weber | ||||
| #162 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1880 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #164 |
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Map 164 Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives - Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann. | Burton, Charles E. | Mars | 1880 | |||||
| #158 | A Mars térképe | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1879 | ||||||
| #159 | Map of Mars | Niesten, Louis | Mars | 1879 | Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles | |||||
| #152 |
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Full Moon as seen through a powerful glass In: J. Rambosson (ed) 1878 Astronomy. Translated from French by CB Pitman. Chatto and Windus Piccadilly, Londo… | Guynemer | Moon | 1878 | Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | ||||
| #154 |
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Mappa Areographica Exhibens Planeae Martis Chorographicam inter POlum Australem et Parallelum 40um Latitudinis Borealis, 1877-1878 Areographic map showing the chorography of the planet Mars between the south pole and the 40th parallel of northern latitude, 1877-1878 1877 (publ. 1878) Alternative reproduction Alternative reproduction G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1878 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #155 | Mondcharte 25 sectionen un 2 erlautersungstafeln Moon map in 25 sections and 2 explanatory plates Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1.8M | 1878 | Verlag von Joahnn Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #145 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1876 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #137 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 13M | 1872 | Justus Perthes | ||||
| #134 |
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Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by M. Dawes / Chart of Mars laid down on the Stereographic Projection Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1870 | |||||
| #135 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1870 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #130 |
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Mars - 1862,1864 Chart of the Planet Mars John Phillips Oxford 1862-64 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, v 14, pp 42-46. 1865. … | Phillips, John | Mars | 1865 | Royal Society of London | ||||
| #122 |
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Carte générale de la Lune General map of the Moon Lecouturier, MM; A Chapuis Carte générale de la Lune Tones, rays and clear rings and "worms" of terrain Paris Librari… | Lecouturier, M. M. | Moon | 1860 | Librairie des Sciences | ||||
| #124 |
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Mond—Karte Nach dem besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet Map of the Moon Meyer's Kriegs- u. Friedens- oder grosser Zeitungs-Atlas in 148 karten... J. Meyer. Hildburohausen et New-York . Schleif… | Radefeld, C. C. | Moon | 1860 | J. Meyer | ||||
| #120 |
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MAP OF THE MOON with the names given by Riccioli in the 17th century, and others added by succeeding observers. Mary Ward ("THE HON. MRS. WARD.") 1859; The telescope - a familiar sketch, combining a special notice of objects coming … | Ward, Mary | Moon | 1859 | Groombridge and Sons | ||||
| #116 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte. Ausgabe in 63 B1 No1 The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map. Edition in 63 sheets, no. 1 | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 46M | 1853 | Justus Perthes | ||||
| #109 |
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Die Sichtbare seite der Mond-Oberflache The visible side of the lunar surface Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung ueber alle Theile der Erde : in 80 Blättern / herausgegeben von K. … | Flemming, Carl Glockau | Moon | 1844 | K. Sohr | ||||
| #105 |
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Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte. Ausgabe in 63 B1 No1 The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map. Edition in 63 sheets, no. 1 Stieler's Hand Atlas 1841. (monochormatic) Steel engraved Johann Carl Ausfeld, engr. | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 46M | 1841 | Justus Perthes | |||
| #106 |
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Map 106 Publication Date: 1841 Cartographers: W. Beer and J. H. Mädler Type: albedo map Publication: Beer W and Mädler JH (1841)… | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Mars | 1841 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #101 |
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Karte des Mondes in einem mittleren Librationzustand Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. According to the measurements and observations taken by the author in the years 1822 to 1836 Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. According to the measurings and observations taken by th… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1838 | Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #93 |
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Nach der Natur und mit Benützung der Schrötter'schen Special-Karten auf der K. K. Sternwarte in Wien, unter der Leitung des Herrn Direktors und Professors der Astronomie J. J. Littrow, gezeichnet von Albert Richard von 1819 bis 1830, und in Stein gestochen von demselben Drawn from nature and using Schroeter's special maps at the Imperial-Royal Observatory in Vienna, under the direction of J. J. Littrow, by Albert Richard from 1819 to 1830, and lithographed by him | Richard, Albert | Moon | 1832 | |||||
| #90 | Topographie der sichtbaren Mondoberflaeche Topography of the visible lunar surface Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 3.6M | 1824 | Auf Kosten des Verfassers | ||||
| #81 | Der Volle Mond The full Moon | Meissner, A. G. | Moon | 1805 | ||||||
| #79 |
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Figure de la Lune dans ses moyennes librations, avec les noms de ses principales taches suivant Riccioli et suivant Hevelius. Figure of the Moon in its mean librations, with the names of its principal spots according to Riccioli and Hevelius Astronomie par Jerome le Francaus (La Lande) - Troisieme edition, revue et augmentée, Paris, Desaint, Didot L'Ainé, MDCC… | Torn III Pag 344 / Astronomie Pl. XXXX / Fig. 282 Cette figure est renversé | de la Lande, Jerome | Moon | 1792 | Desaint; Didot L'Ainé | |||
| #78 |
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Tob. Mayeri tabula selenograhica Tobias Mayer's selenographic table/map Publication Date: 1791 Published in Selenotopographische Fragmente zur genauern Kenntniss der Mondfläche, ihrer erlit… | Schröter, Johann Hieronymus | Mayer, Tobias Johann | Moon | 1791 | Carl Gotthelf Fleckeisen | |||
| #75 |
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Map 75 Herschel W 1784 On the Remarkable appearances at the polar regions of the planet Mars, the inclination of its a… | Herschel, William | Mars | 1784 | |||||
| #73 |
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Map 73 Keill, J. 1778; An introduction to the true astronomy - or astronomical lectures; London. Image courtesy Ton Lindeman… | Keill, John | Moon | 1778 | |||||
| #53 |
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Hesperi et phosphori nova phaenomena, sive Observationes circa planetam Veneris New phenomena of Hesperus and Phosphorus, or observations concerning the planet Venus Source: Bianchini, F; 1728: Hesperi et phosphori nova phaenomena, sive Observationes circa planetam Veneris, Roma. Co… | Bianchini, F. | Venus | 1728 | |||||
| #37 |
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Genuina Corporis Lunaris Facies The true appearance of the Moon GENUINA CORPORIS LUNARIS FACIES, prout in Oppositione Verna A. 1694. Die 11. Martii st. n. circ. 22. gr. long. mer. et … | Eimmart, Georg Christoph | Moon | 12.4M | 1696 | Johann Christoph Lochner | |||
| #24 |
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Map 24 Original "copy from negative supplied by Cadiz" (E. Whitaker) Also known as Hieronymus Sirturus. Hieronymus Sirtalis… | Sirsalis, Hieronymus | Moon | 10.2M | 1651 | ||||
| #22 |
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Tabula Selenographica: Selenographia P Fransisci Mariae Grimaldi Soc Iesu Selenography by Father Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Society of Jesus Publication : 1651 Almagestum novum. Bologna: Victorii Benatii. Cartographer: F. M. Grimaldi Nomenclature: G. B. Ri… | Riccioli, G. B. | Grimaldi, Francesco M. | Moon | 12.4M | 1651 | Victorii Benatii | ||
| #18 |
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Selenographia sive lunae descriptio Selenography, or description of the Moon Selenographica, Caput VIII. Source (e-rara) General chart of the full moon (Selenographica, appendix) Lunar Coordi… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 12.4M | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis | |||
| #19 |
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Selenographia sive lunae descriptio Selenography, or description of the Moon | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 12.4M | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis | |||
| #12 |
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Perillustri Domino Georgio ab Ettenhart, Equiti S.R.I., necnon Catholicae Maiestatis et in Hispania Cruciatae Thesaurario generali, Frater Anton Maria de Rheita, Capucinus, observantiae et amoris ergo dedit dedicavit. Dedicated by Brother Anton Maria de Rheita, Capuchin, to the illustrious Georg von Ettenhart, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire and general treasurer of the Catholic Majesty and of the Crusade in Spain Cartographer: Anton Maria Schyrle of Rhaetia Date: 1645 Nomenlcature: None Perillustri Domino Georgio ab Ettenhart, … | Schyrle of Rhaetia, Anton Maria | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #13 |
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Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica Austrian-Philippic light of the full Moon Publication Date: 1645 Cartographer: Michael van Langren (Langrenus) Source: Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica. [By… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #5790 | AIC 57C full moon | Hall, Barbara J. | Moon | AIC 57c | 500k | |||||
| #5792 | AIC 57D full moon | Nicholas, Lilla | Moon | AIC 57d | 500k | |||||
| #5797 | AIC 59C full moon apparition | Hall, Barbara J. | Moon | AIC 58c | 500k | |||||
| #5806 | AIC 76a Full Moon rendition | Inge, Jay L. | Moon | AIC 76a | 500k | |||||
| #5809 | AIC 76b full moon | Snyder, Clifford | Moon | AIC 76b | 500k | |||||
| #5811 | AIC 77b full moon | Hall, Barbara J. | Moon | AIC 77b | 500k | |||||
| #5814 | AIC 78B full moon | Gibbons, Gail Lynn | Moon | AIC 78b | 500k | |||||
| #5817 | AIC 79A full moon rendition | Gibbons, Gail Lynn | Moon | AIC 79a | 500k | |||||
| #5821 | Albedo Map Apollo 15 | Howard, K. A. | Moon | |||||||
| #5774 | Albedo markings of Mars | Aeschliman, Ralph O. Jr | Mars | self-published online | ||||||
| #6758 |
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Early maps of Mercury A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Desloges, Jarry | Mercury | ||||||
| #5963 | Farside Maria Albedo Plate | Inge, Jay L. | Moon | 5M | ||||||
| #6756 |
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Ingeborg Brun's Globe of Mars (1909) Hand painted by the Danish astronomer Emmy Ingeborg Brun in 1905-1909. The globe is based on the canal maps of Percival… | Brun, Emmy Ingeborg | Mars | ||||||
| #6092 | LAC 11 Full Moon rendition | Moon | LAC 11 | 1M | ||||||
| #6094 | LAC 110 Full Moon | Mitchell, Tom | Moon | LAC 110 | 1M | |||||
| #6095 | LAC 111 Full Moon | Gibbons, Gail Lynn | Moon | LAC 111 | 1M | |||||
| #6097 | LAC 112 Full Moon | Mitchell, Tom | Moon | LAC 112 | 1M | |||||
| #6099 | LAC 113 Full Moon | Hall, Barbara J. | Moon | LAC 113 | 1M | |||||
| #6101 | LAC 114 Full Moon | Moon | LAC 114 | 1M | ||||||
| #6103 | LAC 12 Full Moon | JJ110366 | Inge, Jay L. | Moon | LAC 12 | 1M | ||||
| #6106 | LAC 125 full moon rendition | Mitchell, Tom | Moon | LAC 125 | 1M | |||||
| #6107 | LAC 126 (Full Moon) | Snyder, Clifford | Moon | LAC 126 | 1M | |||||
| #6109 | LAC 127 Full Moon renditoon | Rodriguez, Paul J. | Moon | LAC 127 | 1M | |||||
| #6111 | LAC 13 Full Moon | Mitchell, Tom | Moon | LAC 13 | 1M | |||||
| #6113 | LAC 23 Full Moon rendition | Gibbons, Gail Lynn | Moon | LAC 23 | 1M | |||||
| #6115 | LAC 24 Full Moon | Snyder, Clifford | Moon | LAC 24 | 1M | |||||
| #6117 | LAC 25 Full Moon renidtion | Gibbons, Gail Lynn | Moon | LAC 25 | 1M | |||||
| #6119 | LAC 26 full moon | Gibbons, Gail Lynn | Moon | LAC 26 | 1M |