Mons Agnes [SEP] located on astronomical body
Mons Agnes
Mons Agnes is a hill ("mountain") on the Moon, in Lacus Felicitatis, inside crater-like feature Ina, at . It has maximal width of approximately 650 m (the smallest of all named lunar mountains ar for 2014). Its height is more difficult to determine; from Apollo 15 images it was determined as about 30 m, but newer map, based on LRO photos, gives about 10 m.
Mons Agnes (and all the Ina crater) was discovered on the photos made
by Apollo 15 from lunar orbit in 1971. In 1974 NASA published a topophotomap where its name first appeared: it received Greek feminine name Agnes. In 1979 this name (with a term "Mons" – "mountain") was adopted by International Astronomical Union.
Mons Agnes is one of several dozens of similar hills inside Ina (but one of the largest). Their origin, as for Ina on the whole, remains enigmatic.
Links.
- Interactive map of Mons Agnes and the neighbourhood
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