BRIEF DESCRIPTION
In this section of the Moon, close to the
northern margin of the visible disc, Sinus Roris borders on Mare Frigoris.
The crater Pythagoras dominates its surroundings with its terraced
walls and central mountains. Refer to your Antonin Rukl atlas of the
Moon, page 31.
EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Image - Full lunar view incl Bianchini, 38 km at top
of lunar disc. (ESO's 67-Million-Pixel
WFI Camera)
Image - Same as above (ESO 02c/99). High-res: 3000x4667
pix, 2.3 Mb.
Image - Bianchini (ESO 02e/99)
Image - Bianchini (ESO 02e/99). Same as above, but
high-res: 3000x2648
Image - Pythagorus (TOC)
LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar Orbiter
Database
Anaxamander, 68 km
Babbage, 144 km
Bianchini, 38 km
Boole, 63 km
Bouguer, 23 km
Carpenter, 60 km
Cremona, 85 km
Desargues, 85 km
Foucault, 23 km
Harpalus, 39 km
Horrebow, 24 km
J. Herschel, 156 km
La Condamine, 37 km
Maupertuis, 46 km
Pythagoras, 130 km
Robinson, 24 km
South, 108 km.
CLEMENTINE IMAGES:
Image
- Babbage, 144 km.
SMART-1 SPACECRAFT IMAGES: (European
Space Agency)
Image - Pythagorus (Smart-1)
RESEARCH UPDATES:
ESA SMART-1
News Release
J. Herschel (Lunascan)