| The Lunascan Project presents THEOPHILUS Directory - Section 46 Updated 15 Sept 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION From the north, this area is penetrated by the edge of Mare Tranquilitatis with the shallow rilles Rimae Hypatia. The large 100 km (62 mile) crater Theophilus is one of the most spectacular formations on the Moon. It forms a prominent trio with the craters Cyrillus and Catharina (Section 57). Theophilus is 14,000 feet deep with massive walls and has broken into a second formation. It has an imposing central mountain, 1,400 meters (4592') high with four summits. Craters Kant B and Zollner E are situated on the opposite edges of an extensive plateu which resembles a filled crater similar to Wargentin (Section 70). Refer to your Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 119. See also image with International Space Station transiting the area at bottom of page. EARTH BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES: Since many EBTI's are not kept long on the internet is best to use Google for these images. Image - Theophilus and Four Maria - AWESOME IMAGE (ASTRONOMY, elrenoro) Image - Theohilus in shadow near terminator (Lunascan) Image - Theophilus, Cyrillus & Catharina, High-Res 9" S/C (Legault) Image - Theophilus, Cyrillus & Catharina, CCD (Therin) LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES: Lunar & Planetary Institute: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/ (Atlas) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/ (Photo Gallery) Lunar Orbiter Database Alfraganus, 21 km Cyrillus, 98 km Delambre, 52 km Hypatia, 41x28 km Ibn Rushd, 33 km Kant, 32 km Moltke, 6.5 km Penck, Mons Taylor, 41x34 km Theophilus, 100 km Zollner, 47x36 km APOLLO IMAGES: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/ (Apollo Image Atlas) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollopanoramas/ (Apollo Surface Panoramas) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/a16_m_0692.gif LUNAR RECONNAISANCE ORBITER IMAGES RESEARCH UPDATES: International Space Station transits TheophilusAS16-4559(P) - Awesome close-up detail in Kant B (SP-362) AS16-4531(P) Central peak of Theophilus (SP-362) AS16-0154(M) Theophilus (SP-362) AS16-0692(M) Awesome Metric camera shot of Theophilus (SP-362, 163) Theophilus (Lunascan) Earth's Moon: Apollo 16 (NASA) |
