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.

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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

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Mare Imbrium boundedBy Montes Carpatus