In the latter part of the last century Julius Schmidt counted over 32,000 lunar craters using a 6" telescope. He was obviously the kind of person you dread meeting at parties! Inconstant Moon's Lunar Tours visit a little over one hundred of the most prominent and interesting features. Listed below are the principal references.
physical feature | visited on days |
Albategnius | 7, 21 |
Aldrin | 6 |
Alphonsus | 8, 22 |
Alpine Valley | 7 |
Alps | 7, 10, 22, 23 |
Altai Scarp | 5, 20 |
Anaxagoras | 8, full, 22 |
Apennines | 8, 10, 21 - 23 |
Archimedes | 8, 22 |
Ariadaeus, Rima | 6 |
Aristarchus | 11, full, 25, 26 |
Aristoteles | 6, 20 |
Aristullus | 7, 22 |
Armstrong | 6 |
Arzachel | 8, 22 |
Atlas | 4, 18 |
Australe, Mare | 15-16 |
Autolycus | 7, 22 |
Bailly | 14-15, 27 |
Bettinus | 11, 26 |
Bianchini | 10, 24 |
Billy | 12-13, 26 |
Bullialdus | 9, 24 |
Byrgius | 13-14 |
Campanus | 10, 24 |
Cardanus | 28 |
Carpathian Mountains | 9, 10 |
Catharina | 5, 6, 20 |
Caucasus Mountains | 6, 10, 21 |
Cauchy | 4 |
Cauchy, Rimae | 4 |
Cauchy, Rupes | 4 |
Clavius | 9, 23 |
Cleomedes | 3, 16-17 |
Collins | 6 |
Copernicus | 9, 10, full, 23, 24 |
Cordillera Mountains | 15-16, 27 |
Crisium, Mare | 2 - 4, 16-17, 18 |
Curtius | 7 |
Cyrillus | 5, 6, 20 |
Delambre | 6, 21 |
Dionysius | full, 20 |
Doerfel Mountains | 14-15 |
Endymion | 3, 4, 15-16, 16-17 |
Eratosthenes | 8, 23 |
Euclides | full, 24 |
Eudoxus | 6, 20 |
Fabricius | 4, 19 |
Fecunditatis, Mare | 3, 4, 18, 19 |
Frigoris, Mare | 6 - 11, 20 - 25 |
Furnerius | 3 |
Furnerius A | full |
Galilaei | 13-14 |
Gassendi | 11, 25 |
Gauss | 15-16 |
Geminus | 3, 16-17 |
Giordano Bruno | 14-15 |
Goldschmidt | 8, 22 |
Grimaldi | 13-14, 14-15, 25, 26 |
Gutenberg | 4, 19 |
Hainzel | 24 |
Hansteen | 12-13, 26 |
Hecataeus | 1 |
Hedin | 28 |
Hercules | 4, 18, 19 |
Herschel | 8, 22 |
Herschel, John | 25 |
Hesiodus | 8 |
Humboldt | 1, 15-16 |
Humboldtianum, Mare | 15-16 |
Humorum, Mare | 11, 25 |
Imbrium, Mare | 7 - 10, 22 - 24 |
Inghirami | 13-14, 27 |
Iridium, Sinus | 10, 24, 25 |
Janssen | 4, 19 |
Jura Mountains | 10, 24, 25 |
Kepler | 11, full, 25 |
Kircher | 11, 26 |
Klein | 7, 21 |
Krafft | 28 |
Langrenus | 2, 3, full, 16-17 |
Lansberg | 10, 24 |
Linne | full |
Macrobius | 18 |
Maginus | 8, 14-15, 23 |
Manilius | 7, full, 21 |
Maurolycus | 6, 21 |
Medii, Sinus | 7, 22 |
Menelaus | 6, 7, full, 21 |
Mercator | 10, 24 |
Mersenius | 26 |
Messala | 2, 3, 16-17 |
Metius | 4, 19 |
Nasmyth | 12-13, 26 |
Nectaris, Mare | 4, 5, 19 |
Neper | 1 |
Nubium, Mare | 8 - 10, 23 |
Oken | 15-16 |
Olbers A | 14-15 |
Petavius | 2, 3, 16-17 |
Phillips | 1 |
Phocylides | 12-13, 26 |
Piccolomini | 5, 19 |
Pico | 8, 23 |
Pitatus | 8 |
Piton | 7, 22 |
Plato | 8, 23 |
Plinius | 6, 20 |
Plutarch | 1 |
Posidonius | 5, full, 20 |
Procellarum, Oceanus | 10 - 13-14, 23 - 26 |
Proclus | 4, full |
Ptolemaeus | 8, 22 |
Pyrenees Mountains | 4, 19 |
Pythagoras | 13-14, 27 |
Pytheas | 9, full |
Reiner | full |
Reiner Gamma | full |
Reinhold | 9, 24 |
Rheita | 18 |
Rheita Valley | 18 |
Riccioli | 14-15, 28 |
Riphaeus Mountains | 10, 24 |
Santbech | 4, 18 |
Schickard | 12-13, 26, 27 |
Schiller | 11, 25 |
Serenitatis, Mare | 5, 6, 20, 21 |
Smirnov, Dorsa | 5 |
Stevinus A | full |
Straight Wall | 8, 23 |
Taruntius | 4, 18 |
Teneriffe Mountains | 9, 23 |
Thales | full |
Thebit | 8 |
Theophilus | 5, 6, 20 |
Timocharis | 8, 23 |
Tranquillitatis, Mare | 4 - 6, 19 - 20 |
Tycho | 8 - 11, full, 21, 23 |
Vaporum, Mare | 7, full, 22 |
Vendelinus | 2, 3, 16-17 |
Wargentin | 12-13 |
Zucchius | 11, 26 |