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The Moon's surface exhibits many other geological features. In addition to mountains, valleys, and impact craters, the following surface features have received names in the Lunar nomenclature , many of them named after a nearby crater or mountain.
The origin of the Moon's craters as impact features became widely accepted only in the 1960s. This realization allowed the impact history of the Moon to be gradually worked out by means of the geologic principle of superposition. That is, if a crater (or its ejecta) overlaid another, it must be the younger.
The Moon's color depends on the light the Moon reflects, which in turn depends on the Moon's surface and its features, having for example large darker regions. In general, the lunar surface reflects a brown-tinged gray light. [213] At times, the Moon can appear red or blue.
Geological features on the Moon by quadrangle (30 C, 1 P) R. Ridges on the Moon (39 P) V. Valleys on the Moon (14 P) Volcanoes on the Moon (7 P)
Topography of the Moon. STL 3D model of the Moon with 10× elevation exaggeration rendered with data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Selenography is the study of the surface and physical features of the Moon (also known as geography of the Moon, or selenodesy). [1]
The Moon Zoo project within the Zooniverse program aimed to use citizen scientists to map the size and shape ... Craters constitute 95% of all named lunar features. ...
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Wide Angle Camera image of Reiner Gamma Another view of Reiner Gamma swirls Mare Ingenii Swirls east of Firsov crater, from Apollo 10. Lunar swirls are enigmatic features found across the Moon's surface, which are characterized by having a high albedo, appearing optically immature (i.e. having the optical characteristics of a relatively young regolith), and (often ...
Names for all planetary features include a descriptor term, with the exception of two feature types. For craters, the descriptor term is implicit. Some features named on Io and Triton do not carry a descriptor term because they are ephemeral. [5] In general, the naming convention for a feature type remains the same regardless of its size.