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: gazetteer
45 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #5689 | Księżyc po polsku https://astrostrona.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAPA-KSIEZYCA-PO-POLSKU-MOON-MAP-astrostrona.pl-v1.3.6.1.pdf Moon map … | Łukasiewicz, Łukasz | Moon | 2022 | ||||||
| #5226 |
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Map 5226 Publisher: (c) The National Geography Society 2003 editions Nomenclature: 2004: Latin 2003 edition, reprinted 2011 [ga… | Moon | 2003 | National Geographic Society | |||||
| #4376 |
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Map 4376 G.A Burba: Nomenklatura Detaley Relyefa Venery. Nauka, Moskva, 1988. Editors: A.T. Basilevsky, D. Ya. Martynov. Nomencl… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Venus | 1988 | Nauka | ||||
| #4210 |
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Наименованные детали рельефа на Гиперионе Named surface features on Hyperion G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Hyperion | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4211 |
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Наименованные детали рельефа на Эпиметее Named surface features on Epimetheus G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Epimetheus | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4212 |
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Наименованные детали рельефа на Янусе Named surface features on Janus G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksandr… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Janus | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4213 |
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Обратное полушарие Энцелада; Сатурново полушарие Энцелада Anti-Saturn hemisphere of Enceladus; Saturn-facing hemisphere of Enceladus G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksandr… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Enceladus | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4214 |
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Сатурново полушарие Дионы; Обратное полушарие Дионы Saturn-facing hemisphere of Dione; Anti-Saturn hemisphere of Dione G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksand… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Dione | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4215 |
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Сатурново полушарие Мимаса; Обратное полушарие Мимаса Saturn-facing hemisphere of Mimas; Anti-Saturn hemisphere of Mimas G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksand… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Mimas | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4216 |
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Сатурново полушарие Реи; Обратное полушарие Реи Saturn-facing hemisphere of Rhea; Anti-Saturn hemisphere of Rhea G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksandr… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Rhea | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4217 |
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Сатурново полушарие Тефии; Обратное полушарие Тефии Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys; Anti-Saturn hemisphere of Tethys G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksand… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Tethys | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #4218 |
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Сатурново полушарие Япета; Обратное полушарие Япета Saturn-facing hemisphere of Iapetus; Anti-Saturn hemisphere of Iapetus G.A Burba: Nomenklatura detalei rel'efa sputnikov Saturna Moskva : "Nauka", 1986. Editors: Burba, Georgii Aleksandr… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Iapetus | 1986 | Nauka | ||||
| #3874 |
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Ganymede Map with Nomenclature G.A Burba: Nomenklatura Detaley Relyefa Galileevych Sputnikov Jupitera Nauka, Moskva, 1984. Editors: K.P. Florenskiy, Y… | Florenskii, Kirill Pavlovich | Ganymede | 1984 | Nauka | ||||
| #3884 |
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Map 3884 Io Map with Nomenclature G.A Burba: Nomenklatura Detaley Relyefa Galileevych Sputnikov Jupitera Nauka, Moskva, 1984. Editors: K.P. Florenskiy, Yu… | Florenskii, Kirill Pavlovich | Io | 1984 | Nauka | ||||
| #3971 |
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Юпитерово полушарие Каллисто; Обратное полушарие Каллисто Jupiter-facing hemisphere of Callisto; Anti-Jupiter hemisphere of Callisto G.A Burba: Nomenklatura Detaley Relyefa Galileevych Sputnikov Jupitera Nauka, Moskva, 1984. Editors: K.P. Florenskiy, Y… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Callisto | 1984 | Nauka | ||||
| #3715 |
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Mercury Map with Nomenclature G.A Burba: Nomenklatura Detaley Relyefa Merkuriya. Nauka, Moskva, 1982. Nomenclature: Cyrillic Topographic map of Me… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Mercury | 1982 | Nauka | ||||
| #3654 |
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Схематическая карта с номенклатурой деталей альбедо Марса Schematic map with the nomenclature of Mars albedo features Source: G.A. Burba: The nomenclature of Martian topographic features, Moscow, Izdatel'stvo Nauka, 1981. 88 … | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Mars | 1981 | Nauka | ||||
| #3371 |
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Полная карта Луны (9 листов) Complete map of the Moon (9 sheets) Publisher: Sternberg Institute of Moscow State Lomonosov University 1979 Edition In 9 sheets and in 1 sheet http://… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | Moon, full | 5M | 1979 | Nauka | ||
| #3240 |
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Map 3240 Published in: A. Dollfus et al: IAU Nomenclature for albedo features on the planet Mercury Icarus Volume 3… | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1978 | |||||
| #3241 |
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Map 3241 Published in: A. Dollfus et al: IAU Nomenclature for albedo features on the planet Mercury Icarus Volume 3… | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1978 | |||||
| #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 | |||
| #1833 |
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MM 71 Mars Planning Chart Albedo maps with and without nomenclature, 1:25M and 1:50M reprint Based on Earth based observations 1941-58 and Mariner… | Roth, James | Mars | 25M | 1971 | ||||
| #1573 | COMMISSION 17: THE MOON (LA LUNE) Commission 17: The Moon TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIVB (the following is excerpted from the book published by D. Reidel, 1971) PROCEEDING… | Dollfus, Audouin | Moon | 1970 | ||||||
| #1551 |
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The Earth's Moon (National Geographic) Publisher: (c) The National Geography Society Feb 1969 / 1976 / 2003 editions Nomenclature: 1969: English/Latin, 2004: L… | Riddiford, Charles Ernest | Toth, Tibor | Moon | 10.5M | 1969 | National Geographic Society | ||
| #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 | ||
| #943 | COMMISSION DE LA LUNE Commission on the Moon TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIIIB (the following is excerpted from the book published by D. Reidel, 1968) PROCEEDIN… | Menzel, D. H. | Moon | 1967 | ||||||
| #1093 |
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Mariner 69 Mars Chart Prepared under the direction of the Department of Defense, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, US Air Force for N… | MEC-2 | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 25M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #758 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars 1:10M Orthographic projection Edition 1-AMS Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Washington D.… | 1-AMS | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers | |||
| #645 | AN EXTENDED FORM OF BLAGG AND MÜLLER’S SCHEMA OF LUNAR NOMENCLATURE TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIIB ( the following is excerpted from the book published by Academic Press in 1966) PR… | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1964 | ||||||
| #615 |
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The System of Lunar Craters (Lunar Nomenclature) Reference map showing IAU nomenclature, south-up, orthographic projection. Arthur DWG, Agnieray AP, Horvath RA, Wood CA,… | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1963 | |||||
| #474 |
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COMMISSION POUR L’ETUDE PHYSIQUE DES PLANETES ET DES SATELLITES Commission for the Physical Study of Planets and Satellites TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIB (the following is excerpted from the book published by Academic Press in 1962) PROC… | Dollfus, Audouin | 1961 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #334 | COMMISSION DE NOMENCLATURE LUNAIRE Commission on Lunar Nomenclature TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME II (the following is excerpted from the book published by Imperial College Bookstall) S… | Blagg, Mary A. | Moon | 1925 | ||||||
| #269 |
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Map of Mercury Source: P. Lowell: New observations of the planet Mercury. Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1902. In Memoirs o… | Lowell, Percival | Mercury | 1902 | |||||
| #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 | |||||
| #224 |
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Map of Mars 1894 Source: Lowell, P. 1895; Mars; Flagstaff Image courtesy Ton Lindemann. Nomenclature ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY REGI… | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1895 | Lowell Observatory | ||||
| #177 |
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Map 177 1882 Paris 1881/82, L’Astronomie, t. 1. 1882. v. 170. Drawn by Blanadet Stereographic projection "This new map i… | Flammarion, Camille | Blanadet | Mars | 1882 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #118 |
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Map 118 Published in Franz Arago's Sammtliche Werke. Leipzig 1856. This is not a map, but a biscriptural list of the Moon's plac… | Arago, F. | Moon | 1856 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | |||
| #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 | |||||
| #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 | |||||
| #6757 | Russian transcription / translation of planetary nomenclature "Обычно на картах используют латинские наименования. На наших картах мы даем русскую транскрипцию названий." ("On the ma… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Reference |