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.
Target: Moon
3069 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #430 | Fragment of the map of the far side of the Moon. 4parts | Barabashov, N. P. | Moon | 10M | 1960 | |||||
| #431 | Generalized Photogeologic Map of the Moon - Engineer special study of the surface of the Moon | Moon | Moon near side | 1960 | ||||||
| #432 | Generalized Photogeologic Map of the Moon -- Mason AC, Hackman RJ, Photogeologic Study of the Moon. THE MOON. Proceedings of the Symposium No 14 of the IAU helf at Pulkovo Observatory, near Leningrad, December 1960 Academic Press London New York | Moon | Moon near side | 1960 | ||||||
| #433 | Kepler | Moon | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||||
| #434 | Lunar Atlas Book (index plate with quad nomenclature) | Moon | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||||
| #435 | Lunar Atlas Book (plate with craters numbered) | Moon | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||||
| #436 |
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Lunar Chart - Letronne | LAC 75 | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | 1M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #437 | Lunar Chart Index Set | Masursky, Harold | Moon | 1960 | ||||||
| #438 | Lunar geophysical exploration map (4 quadrants) | Green, Jack | Moon | 1960 | ||||||
| #439 | Lunar Photogeologic Chart - Copernicus (Prototype Chart) | Moon | 1960 | |||||||
| #440 |
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Lunar Planning Chart (LOC-2) | LOC 2 | Moon | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #441 | Lunar Polar Reg. | Moon | 2M | 1960 | ||||||
| #442 | Lunar Rays - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | Moon | Moon near side | 1960 | ||||||
| #470 |
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Map 470 Sketch of the farside From the front page of: Issledovanie Luny v SSSR Ed. V. Polyakov The 1st scheme from Luna 3 images… | Polyakov, V. | Moon | 10M | 1960 | ||||
| #443 | Orthographic Atlas of the Moon SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LUNAR ATLAS | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1960 | University of Arizona Press | |||||
| #444 |
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Photographic Lunar Atlas (PLA) | Kuiper, Gerard P. | Moon | 1.4M | 1960 | Univ of Chicago Press | |||
| #445 | Physiographic Divisions of the Moon - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | Moon near side | 1960 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #446 | Physiographic Divisions of the Moon - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | Moon | Moon near side | 1960 | ||||||
| #447 |
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Physiographic Divisions of the Moon - map supplement to: Hackman RJ, Photointerpretation of the Lunar Surface, 27th Annual Meeting of the Society, Shoreham Hotel Washington DC 1961 March 19-22. ; Photogrammetric Engineering | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | Moon near side | 10M | 1960 | |||
| #448 | Physiographic Divisions of the Moon - Mason AC, Hackman RJ, Photogeologic Study of the Moon. THE MOON. Proceedings of the Symposium No 14 of the IAU helf at Pulkovo Observatory, near Leningrad, December 1960 Academic Press London New York | Moon | Moon near side | 1960 | ||||||
| #449 | Preliminary photogeologic map of the Copernicus region of the Moon | Plate IV | Shoemaker, E. M. | Moon | 1960 | |||||
| #450 |
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Preliminary Photogeologic Map of the Copernicus Region of the Moon Map Making Set | Figure 2 | Shoemaker, E. M. | Moon | LAC 58 | 1960 | |||
| #451 | Secondary impact craters in the Copernican ray system | Shoemaker, E. M. | Moon | 1960 | ||||||
| #455 | Topographic Lunar Map Edition 1-AMS (Complete) | LUNAR2T5MILPR | Moon | 1960 | ||||||
| #459 |
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USAF Lunar chart Kepler | LAC-57 | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC-57 | 1M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #460 |
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USAF Lunar chart Kepler, 2nd advanced ed. | LAC-57 | Moon | LAC-57 | 1M | 1960 | 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 | |
| #462 |
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USAF Lunar Planning Chart, Copernicus Crater, Sinus Aetuum Region, Luna , LAC 58, Second advanced edition | LAC 58 | Moon | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #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 | ||
| #464 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - 2nd advanced ed | LEM-1A | Moon | Moon, near side | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #465 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - Lunar Earthside Hemisphere 2nd Advanced Edition | LEM-1 | Moon | Moon, near side | 5M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #466 | USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic, 1st edition | LEM-1A | Moon | 10M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #467 | Wu - Lunar Mapping - 1960's - 1970's Source Material (Descartes, Copernicus, Marius Hill, Fra Mauro, Orientale Basin, Alphonsus) Drawer | Moon | 1960 | |||||||
| #468 |
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Атлас обратной стороны Луны Atlas of the far side of the Moon Atlas Obratnoj Storony Luny (Part 1) Akademiya Nauk SSSR Moskva 1960. Includes a map of the far side in 4 pages 1:10 000… | Moon | 10M | 1960 | |||||
| #469 |
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Атлас обратной стороны Луны 1 Chart of the reverse side of the Moon Atlas Obratnoj Storony Luny (Part 1) Akademiya Nauk SSSR Moskva 1960. Includes a map of the far side in 4 pages 1:10 000… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 10M | 1960 | ||||
| #423 | Mare Imbrium region on approximately orthogonal tangential projection,indicating proncipal ridge systems, inner and outer basin, surrounding mountain arcs and other associated structureal features | Kuiper, Gerard P. | Moon | 1959 | ||||||
| #425 | Selected rays from Tycho and Copernicus | Giamboni, L. A. | Moon | 1959 | ||||||
| #426 |
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Карта Луны Map of the Moon (Russian) 1:5 000 000 Praga, 1959. Drawing by Joseph Klepesta, technical editor Ladislav J. Lukesh Tsentralnoe Upravlenie Geo… | Lukesh, Ladislav J. | Klepesta, Joseph | Moon | 5M | 1959 | Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Air Survey, and Cartography | ||
| #413 |
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Carta della Luna Map of the Moon Rugierri, G. (1958); Carta della Luna; Venezia Restored (stitched sectors and cleaned up from scan errors) from origiona… | Rugierri, G. | Moon | 2.9M | 1958 | ||||
| #415 | Generalized tectonic fabric | Leroy, L. W. | Moon | 1958 | ||||||
| #418 |
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Rand McNally’s Official Maps of the Moon The 1958 edition includes the Physiographic division of the Moon that was published only in 1961. Background: ACIC. 1… | Moon | 2.3M | 1958 | Rand McNally | ||||
| #419 | SCHRUTKA-RECHTENSTAMM, G. and J. HOPMANN (1958), The figure of the Moon; Sitz. ber. Oesterr. Akad. Wiss. Math. Naturw. KI. Abt. II 8—10, 167 | Schrutka-Echtenstamm, G. | Moon | 1958 | ||||||
| #412 | Map 412 | Lamech, Felix C. | Moon | 5.6M | 1957 | |||||
| #404 | Western Half of the Moon, Eastern Half of the Moon | Alter, Dinsmore | Moon | 1956 | ||||||
| #396 |
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Chart A, Chart B Whitaker’s map of the South Pole of the Moon Courtesy of E. A. Whitaker. Manuscripts. | Whitaker, Ewen A. | Moon | 1954 | |||||
| #398 | South pole of the moon | Whitaker, Ewen A. | moon | 1954 | ||||||
| #383 | Atlas of the Moon | Moon | 1953 | |||||||
| #394 |
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Map 394 Reference: Patrick Moore: Der Mond. Herder. Language of nomenclature: Latin Language of explanations: German Publication… | Moore, Patrick | Moon | 1953 | Herder | ||||
| #395 | Map 395 Reference: Csillagászattan (X. o.) 1953. p. 133. Translation of the 1951 Russian textbook by Voroncov-Veljaminov Languag… | Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Boris Aleksandrovich | Moon | 1953 | Romania | |||||
| #392 |
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Temperature values on the Moon in the Sun-facing hemisphere. Source: Zerinváry Szilárd: A Naprendszer élete. Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó, 1953, Budapest Origin of the map unknown. … | Zerinváry, Szilárd | Moon | 1953 | Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó |