Astronomy:Selenean summit
Selenean summit refers to the highest point on the Moon, notionally similar to Mount Everest on the Earth.
At some 10,786 m (35,387 ft) above the lunar mean, it is nearly twenty percent 'taller' than Earth's relative highest point, Everest. The summit is located along the north-eastern rim of Engel'gardt crater. Although methods of measurement differ somewhat (e.g., the Moon lacks a sea level), since its discovery in 2010 by the LRO teams, nowhere else has surpassed this region's height measurements on the lunar surface.[1] Approximate coordinates for the summit are [ ⚑ ] : 5°24′45″N 158°38′01″W / 5.4125°N 158.6335°W.[2][3] Later meassurements put the summit at [ ⚑ ] 5°26′28″N 158°39′22″W / 5.441°N 158.656°W and 10.629 kilometres (6.605 mi).[4]
The summit is located on the far side of the Moon relative to Earth.
See also
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
- Mons Huygens
- Antoniadi (lunar crater), lowest point at −9.178 kilometres (−5.703 mi)[4]
References
- ↑ Page, Lewis (29 October 2010). "Highest point on the Moon found: Higher than Mount Everest". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/29/highest_point_on_moon/. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Highest Point on the Moon". NASA. 2010-10-27. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313044520/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20101027-highest.html. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ↑ The Moon's Highs and Lows
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Li, ChunLai; Ren, Xin; Liu, JianJun; Zou, XiaoDuan; Mu, LingLi; Wang, JianYu; Shu, Rong; Zou, YongLiao et al. (2010). "Laser altimetry data of Chang'E-1 and the global lunar DEM model". Science China Earth Sciences 53 (11): 1582–1593. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4020-1. ISSN 1674-7313. Bibcode: 2010ScChD..53.1582L.
External links
- A video journey to the summit area outlining some peaks in the region.
- Links to other data and information can be found on http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/
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