- Source: Lunar north pole
The lunar north pole is the point in the Northern Hemisphere of the Moon where the lunar axis of rotation meets its surface.
The lunar North Pole is the northernmost point on the Moon, lying diametrically opposite the lunar south pole. It defines latitude 90° North. At the lunar north pole all directions point south; all lines of longitude converge there, so its longitude can be defined as any degree value.
Craters
Notable craters in the lunar north polar region (between 60° North latitude and the North pole) include: Avogadro, Bel'kovich, Brianchon, Emden, Gamow, Goldschmidt, Hermite, J. Herschel, Meton, Nansen, Pascal, Petermann, Philolaus, Plaskett, Pythagoras, Rozhdestvenskiy, Schwarzschild, Seares, Sommerfeld, Stebbins, Sylvester, Thales, Van't Hoff, W. Bond, and Whipple.
Exploration
The Astrobotic Technology Icebreaker mission was a mission concept planned for a 2015 mission, then delayed to 2016, and then cancelled. It was meant as a competition to win the
Google Lunar X Prize.
See also
Colonization of the Moon
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Selenography
Lunar south pole
References
External links
USGS: Earth's Moon
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)
LROC - Northern Polar Mosaic
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mars
- Satelit
- Astrobiologi
- Lunar north pole
- Lunar south pole
- Peak of eternal light
- Lunar node
- Peary (crater)
- Lunar precession
- Plaskett (crater)
- Hermite (crater)
- Selenographic coordinate system
- Orbit of the Moon
