Montes Carpatus
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Montes Carpatus is a rugged lunar mountain range forming part of the southern rim of the Mare Imbrium basin on the Moon.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar mountain range
ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Copernicus ejecta blanket
ⓘ
Mare Insularum region to the south ⓘ |
| borders | Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | IAU lunar nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | west of crater T. Mayer ⓘ |
| extendsTo | region north of crater Copernicus ⓘ |
| formedAs | rim uplift of Imbrium impact basin ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | southern rim of Mare Imbrium ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | Imbrium impact basin rim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyForName | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | higher than adjacent mare basalts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
mountain peaks
ⓘ
ridges ⓘ valleys ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalAge | Imbrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 361 km ⓘ |
| hasMaximumElevation | about 2400 m above Mare Imbrium floor ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCrater |
Copernicus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Euler NERFINISHED ⓘ Gay-Lussac NERFINISHED ⓘ T. Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSection | eastern segment near Copernicus with heavily fractured terrain ⓘ |
| imagedBy |
Apollo missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter missions NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | lunar Imbrium rim mountain systems ⓘ |
| liesEastOf | Sinus Aestuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesNorthOf | crater Copernicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesSouthOf | Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesWestOf | crater T. Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesWithin | lunar highlands bordering Mare Imbrium ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Imbrium basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Carpathian Mountains on Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Carpathian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy | Earth-based telescopes ⓘ |
| separates | Mare Imbrium from southern highland terrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition | anorthositic highland material ⓘ |
| terrainType | rugged ⓘ |
| visibleAt | low to moderate telescopic magnification from Earth ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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