Promontorium Laplace [SEP] located on astronomical body
Promontorium Laplace
Promontorium Laplace is a raised mountainous cape situated at the end of Montes Jura in Mare Imbrium on the near side of the Moon. Its selenographic coordinates are 46.8° N, 25.5° W and it is 2600 meters high. It forms the northeast boundary of the bay of Sinus Iridum.
It is named after Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace, an 18th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.
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- , excellent earth-based image of Sinus Iridum and vicinity, including
° W, and the diameter is 249 km. It was the planned landing site of Chang'e 3, China's 2013 lunar exploration mission, which instead landed nearby in Mare Imbrium.
Satellite craters.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Promontorium Heraclides.
The following satellite craters are associated with the Promontorium Laplace.
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- , excellent earth-based image of Sinus Iridum and vicinity
- On