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.
Projection: Mercator
157 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 | ||||
| #1836 |
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MM'71 Mars Planning Chart | de Vaucouleurs, Gerard | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | 50M | 1971 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | ||
| #1597 |
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Locator map of the most important physiographic units of Mars. The shades are purely indicative, not meant to duplicate the actual appearance of the planet at the telescope. One of the last canal Maps of Mars, after the space age began. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE MARTIAN SURFACEApproximately … | Ronca, Luciano B. | Mars | 1970 | |||||
| #1599 |
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Lunar chart (1st edition) (2-sided) Scale 1:10M 1st Edition, March 1970 Prepared by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Forc… | LPC-1 (1) | Moon | 10M | 1970 | ||||
| #1691 | Marte Oppositione 1960 Mars opposition of 1960 | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1970 | ||||||
| #1693 |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mars Chart 1:25M US Army Topographic Command, Washington, D.C. Advisors: Merton E Davies, JC Robinson, Bradford A Smith and the Mar… | Davies, Merton E. | Cross, Charles A. | Mars | 25M | 1970 | U.S. Army Topographic Command | ||
| #1714 | The Planet Mars | Ross, Herbert Spurgeon | Mars | 45.5M | 1970 | |||||
| #1719 |
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Карта Луны часть невидимого полушария Map of the Moon: part of the invisible hemisphere Карта Луны часть невидимого полушария Map of the Moon — Part of the Far Side Hemisphere 1:100000 Stratigraphy and morpho… | Moon | 1M | 1970 | Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography | ||||
| #1723 |
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Карта обратной стороны Луны на район съёмки с автоматической станции «Зонд-8» Map of the far side of the Moon for the imaging area of the automatic station Zond-8 Karta obratnoj Storony Luny na rajon syomki s avtomatitseskoy stanici Zond-8 / Map of the far side of the Moon for the i… | Moon | 1M | 1970 | |||||
| #1523 | Marte Oppositione 1956 Mars opposition of 1956 | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1969 | ||||||
| #1560 |
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Тектоническая карта Луны / Carte tectonique de la Lune Tectonic map of the Moon Tekonitseskaya Karta Luny = Tectonic map of the Moon = Carte Tectonique de la Lune Козлов В. В., Сулиди-Кондратьев Е. Д… | Kuznetsov, Yu Ya | Moon | 7.5M | 1969 | Moscow Institute Academy Of Science of Geology | |||
| #1388 |
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Карта Луны. Экваториальная зона видимого полушария. Map of the Moon. Equatorial zone of the visible hemisphere. Карта Луны. Экваториальная зона видимого полушария. ГАИШ, ЦНИИГАиК, научн. рук. Ю. Н. Липокий, М., «Наука», 1968. Karta… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 1M | 1968 | Nauka | |||
| #977 |
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Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1) | LFC-1 | Moon | Moon, farside | 5M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #978 | Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1) - Provisional (front side: equatorial, reverse side: polar views) | LFC-1 | Moon | 5M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #979 | Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1) (red overprinted) | LFC-1 | Moon | Moon, farside | 5M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #980 | Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1) Provisional - reverse side: South Polar Region, North Polar Region | LFC-1 | Moon | Moon, farside | 5M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #981 | Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1) Provisional (G) - reverse side: South Polar Region, North Polar Region | LFC-1 | Moon | Moon, farside | 5M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #982 | Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1) South Polar Region, North Polar Region | LFC-1 | Moon | Moon, farside | 5M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #1089 |
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Lunar Photomap ORB II - 8d (25) | ORB II-8d | Moon | 25k | 1967 | ||||
| #1182 | Map 1182 | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 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 | ||
| #1095 |
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Marte Opposizione 1907 Mars opposition of 1907 Motton G, 1967 Cartografia del Pianeta Marte Basata su Documentazione Fotografica Internazionale a Partire dal 1907. Opp… | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1967 | |||||
| #1096 |
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MEC-1 Prototype | MEC-1 | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 35M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #1160 | The Martian Surface | Capen, Charles F. | Mars | 1967 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |||||
| #599 | Planisferio de Marte Planisphere of Mars | Escalante, F. J. | Mars | 1963 | ||||||
| #600 | Planisferio de Marte Planisphere of Mars | López, Elpido | Mars | 1963 | ||||||
| #534 |
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Lansberg | LVC-20 | Moon | 2M | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #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 | ||
| #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 | |||||
| #476 |
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Copernicus ACIC, 1st Edition, 1961. Source: Carder, R. W. 1962. Lunar Charting on a Scale of 1:1000000. In: The Moo… | LAC 58 | Kuiper, Gerard P. | Moon | LAC 58 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #461 |
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USAF Lunar chart, Kepler LAC 57, First advanced | LAC-57 | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC-57 | 1M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #422 | ALPO map of Mars | Vaughin, Frank | Mars | 1959 | ||||||
| #424 | Marskarte 1951/56 bis +55° Breite | Heintz, W. | Mars | 1959 | ||||||
| #421 | Map 421 | Focas, Jean-Henri | Mars | 1958 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||||
| #409 | Mars 1956 | Vaughin, Frank | Mars | 1957 | ||||||
| #410 | карта полушарий марса Karta polusharij Marsa | Sharonov, V. V. | 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.) | ||||
| #402 | Cirulation patterns of Mars | McLaughlin, Dean B. | Mars | 1956 | ||||||
| #405 | Map 405 | Sadil, Josef | Mars | 1956 | Orbis | |||||
| #407 | Map 407 | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 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 | ||||||
| #380 | Map 380 | de Vaucouleurs, Gerard | Mars | 1950 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 |