Promontorium Archerusia
16°48′N 21°54′E / 16.8°N 21.9°E
Promontorium Archerusia (/ˌɑːrkəˈruːʒə/; Latin for "Cape Archerusia") is a headland on the near side of the Moon. It separates the lunar mares of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquilitatis. Its coordinates are 16°48′N 21°54′E / 16.8°N 21.9°E.[1]
Promontorium Archerusia was named by Johannes Hevelius[2] and is a misspelling of Acherusia, a cape on the Black Sea near Heraclea in ancient Bithynia (now Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey).[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Promontorium Archerusia". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 15 February 2019
- ^ Hevelius J. (1647). Selenographia sive Lunae descriptio. Gedani: Hünefeld. doi:10.3931/e-rara-238.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Bithynia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 406.
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