Mons Hadley

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Mons Hadley is a massif is the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the north hemisphere of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 26.5° N, 4.7° E. It has a height of 4.6 km and a maximum diameter of 25 km at the base.

To the south of this mount is a valley that served as the landing site for the Apollo 15 expedition. To the southwest of this same valley is the slightly smaller Mons Hadley Delta (δ) peak with a height of about 3.5 km. The coordinates of this peak are 25.8° N, 3.8° E. To the west of these peaks is the sinuous Rima Hadley rille.

These features were named for John Hadley.

Contents 1 Rima Hadley 2 Nearby craters 3 Satellite craters 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Rima Hadley

This sinuous lunar rille follows a course generally to the northeast, toward the Mons Hadley peak, for which it is named. This feature is centered at selenographic coordinates 25.0° N, 3.0° E, and lies within a diameter of 80 km. It begins at the Béla crater, an elongated formation with the long axis oriented to the northwest.

[edit] Nearby craters

Four small craters near this rille have been assigned names by the IAU. These are listed in the table below.

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter	Name source
Béla	24.7° N 2.3° E	11 × 2 km	Hungarian masculine name
Carlos	24.9° N 2.3° E	4 km	Spanish masculine name
Jomo	24.4° N 2.4° E	7 km	African masculine name
Taizo	24.7° N 2.2° E	6 km	Japanese masculine name

[edit] Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Mons Hadley.

Hadley	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	25.5° N	2.8° E	6 km

[edit] See also

• List of mountains on the Moon by height

[edit] External links

• LTO-41B4 Hadley — L&PI Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap