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.
Main_theme: albedo
459 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #416 |
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Marte Oppositione 1954 General map of Mars for the years 1941–1952 Coordinate system created using Juventae Fons observations for determinig rotation and 260 control points by Camichel. … | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1958 | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| #417 |
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Plate 19.—Chart of Mars by Dr. J. H. Focas, showing the fine structure of the dark areas, based on visual and photographic observations with the 60 cm refractor at the Pic du Midi Observatory in 1958. Drawing by J. H. FOcas, Pic du Midi, 1958 Jean-Henri Focas Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off pla… | Focas, Jean-Henri | Mars | 1958 | |||||
| #411 |
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Map 411 Cartographer: Shiro Ebisawa Based on Antoniadi (1930) Comment: "This map is regarded, by the BAA Mars Section, as the st… | Ebisawa, Shiro | Mars | 1957 | British Astronomical Association, Mars Section | ||||
| #408 | Map of Mars... | Millman, P. M. | Mars | 1957 | ||||||
| #401 |
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ALPO map of Mars 1954 1954 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) 1954 Source 1960 Both, Ernst E., A.L.P.O. Map o… | Avigliano, D. P. | Mars | 1956 | Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) | ||||
| #403 |
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Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1956 | |||||
| #400 | Aspetto generale di Marte nel 1952 General appearance of Mars in 1952 | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1955 | ||||||
| #397 | Moyenne des 5 oppositions Average of the 5 oppositions | Camichel, Henri | Mars | 1954 | ||||||
| #384 | Planishpere photographique de Mercure Photographic planisphere of Mercury | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #385 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #386 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | de l'Isle, Bidault | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #387 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Desloges, Jarry | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #389 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | McEwen, Henry | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #390 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Rudaux, L. | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #391 | Planisphere de Mercure Planisphere of Mercury | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #372 |
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Map of Mars made from many separate photographs Interpretive map of Mars showing canals and albedo markings. Source: McLoughlin E.V., Thompson H. 1943. The Book of … | Mars | 1943 | The Grolier Society | |||||
| #366 |
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Observavit et Pinxit Observed and painted Antoniadi's map of Mars, made for the for the Palais de la Découverte in Paris in 1936 (1:28M copy of the origin… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 14M | 1936 | ||||
| #362 |
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Map 362 Cartographer: Eugene Michael Antoniadi Source: Antoniadi: La Planète Mercure 1934 Reference: Lawrence E. Krumenaker: Rem… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mercury | 1934 | |||||
| #356 |
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Map 356 Antoniadi 1930 La Planete Mars. Etude basee sur les resultats obtenus avec la grande lunette de l'Observatoire de Meudo… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1930 | Hermann & Cie. | ||||
| #352 | Map of Mercury | McEwen, Henry | Mercury | 1929 | ||||||
| #349 |
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Map 349 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | de l'Isle, Bidault | Mercury | 1928 | |||||
| #350 |
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Map 350 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Rudaux, L. | Mercury | 1928 | |||||
| #345 |
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Chart of Mars Thomson, H 1927 Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association 27, London, pt 1, pl. 8 | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1927 | |||||
| #346 |
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Map 346 Trumpler, RJ 1927 Observations of Mars at the opposition of 1924. Lick Observatory Bulletin 13, 387, Berkeley, p… | Trumpler, Robert Julius | Mars | 1927 | University of California Press | ||||
| #344 |
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Map 344 Perepelkine, E. J. (1926). Observations, faites sur la planète Mars en 1924. Astronomische Nachrichten, 227(14), 231–238… | Perepelkine, E. J. | Mars | 1926 | |||||
| #340 |
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Map of Mars, Number 3 Pickering W 1926 Report on Mars No 36. Popular Astronomy 31, p358 | Pickering, William Henry | Mars | 1926 | |||||
| #335 | General map fo the moon | Rudaux, L. | Moon | 1925 | ||||||
| #336 |
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Map of Mars Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens, 1925 | Plate 8 | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1925 | The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd | |||
| #329 | La Lac du Soleil The Lake of the Sun | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1923 | ||||||
| #318 |
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Map 318 In: Scheiner: Népszerű asztrofizika. K.M. Természettudományi Társulat, Budapest, 1916. From Magyar Csillagászati Egyesül… | Scheiner, Christopher | Mars | 1916 | K. M. Természettudományi Társulat | ||||
| #313 |
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Planisphere de la Planete Mars Planisphere of planet Mars Planisphere de la Planete Mars. Dressé par M. Georges Fournier, d'apres les observations faites en 1907, 1909, 1911-1912… | Fournier, M. Georges | Mars | 1913 | |||||
| #314 |
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Planisphere de la Planete Mars. Dressé par M. Georges Fournier, d'apres les observations faites en 1907, 1909, 1911-1912, aux Observatoires Jarry-Desloges, du Revard, du Massegros, de Toury et de Sétif. Astronomes adjoints, MM. G. et V. Fournier Planisphere of the planet Mars. Drawn by M. Georges Fournier from observations made in 1907, 1909, and 1911-1912 at the Jarry-Desloges, Revard, Massegros, Toury, and Setif observatories. Assistant astronomers: G. and V. Fournier | Fournier, Georges M. | Mars | 1913 | |||||
| #315 |
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Planisphère de Mars dressé d’après les observations faites en 1911, à l’Observatoire Urania, de Kopenhague. Planisphere of Mars drawn from observations made in 1911 at the Urania Observatory, Copenhagen Authors: MM. C. Luplau-Janssen and E. Buch-Andersen Observatory of Copenhagen. Source: Camille Flammarion Annuaire Ast… | Luplau-Janssen, C. | Mars | 1913 | |||||
| #303 | Mars 1911 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1911 | ||||||
| #304 | Mars. Map From a Globe made by M. Wicks https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27633/27633-h/27633-h.htm From a Globe made by M. Wicks - The dark shaded portions are v… | Wicks, M. A. | Mars | 1911 | Seeley and Co. Limited | |||||
| #299 |
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Hemisphaerium Martis boreale ex observationibus anni 1890 Northern hemisphere of Mars from observations of the year 1890 1890 (publ. 1910) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1910 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #291 |
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Drawings of Mars These are probably the first drawings of Mars by a woman astronomer. They were drawn by Wrexie Louise Leonard, the assis… | Leonard, Wrexie Louise | Mars | 1907 | |||||
| #284 |
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Map of Mars 1896-97 Map of Mars, 1896-97 Telescopic Lowell Observatory Book plate The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and s… | Plate 8 | Douglass, Andrew Ellicott | Mars | 1905 | The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd | |||
| #286 | Mars 1905 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1905 | ||||||
| #287 |
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Mars 1905 Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1905 | |||||
| #278 |
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A Mars térképe Map of Mars A Mars és a Föld összehasonlító topográfiája (Comparative topography of Mars and Earth, in Hungarian). Drawn by: Lukács… | Lukács, Károly | Mars | 1904 | |||||
| #279 |
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Lussinpiccolo observations 1894-1903 Map of Mars 1904 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1894-1903 Astronomische Rundschau Lussinpi… | Brenner, Leo | Mars | 1904 | |||||
| #271 |
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Chart on Mars, on Mecator’s Projection Prepared from the Observations of the Section in 1900-1901 1900-01 Antoniadi EM, Attkins EAL, Bolton S, Buchanan WE, Corder H, Craig SR, Hall WJ, Kibbler WA, Killip R Molesworth P… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1903 | British Astronomical Association | ||||
| #273 | Mars North Polar view . Lowell Observatory 1903 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1903 | ||||||
| #259 | (untitled) 1901? | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1901 | ||||||
| #260 | A chart of Mars | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1901 | ||||||
| #261 |
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Carte synoptique de la planète Mars, d’après les observations de 1900–1901 à l’Observatoire de Juvisy. Synoptic map of Mars, based on observations of 1900–1901 at the Juvisy Observatory 1900. Courtesy of Ton Lindemann. This map is largely based on the British Astronomical Association map 1896 but includes… | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 30M | 1901 | Société Astronomique de France | |||
| #262 |
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Chart on Mars, on Mercator projection 1898-99 Antoniadi EM, Attkins EAL, Brown GL, Corder H, Crowley LA, Hall WJ, Kempthorne PH, Killip R, Mer A, Molesworth P… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1901 | British Astronomical Association | ||||
| #264 | Mars 1900-1 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1901 | ||||||
| #265 | Mars 1901 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1901 |