such as craters, mountains, valleys and dark spots. The connections between the prehistoric and historic names, and today's gazetteer are clearly described. Beautiful lunar maps spanning four ...

For over 400 years, legions of lunar cartographers have been surveying the surface of the Moon - first by telescope and then ...

We only ever see one side of the moon ... crater rim crests, fissures, grabens, scarps, mare wrinkle ridges, faults, troughs, rilles, and lineaments — is labeled with its official name.

The Moon bears its history on ... impossible for us to access." The team's map, showing the mountain features they determined were related to the crater rim (triangles), and the best fits for ...