Overview
- Provides fascinating insights into the history of lunar and planetary cartography in Russia
- Discusses the compilation of a very diverse range of maps
- Coverage includes the hypsometric maps of Mars, Phobos, and Deimos and relief maps of Venus
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 425)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Extraterrestrial Objects on the Moon
- First map of the Moon
- Geological-Morphological Maps of the Moon
- Hypsometric Maps of Mars
- Hypsometric Maps of Venus
- Lunokhod 1
- Lunokhod 2
- Map of Mars
- Moon and Planets
- Morphological Catalogue of the craters of Mars
- Photomaps of Venus
- Planetary Cartography in Russia
- The Atlas of polarization Maps of the Moon
- The Photometric Map of the Moon
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Reviews
“It is the first detailed history of lunar and planetary cartography in Russia and the Soviet Union and, as such, it merits its place in academic reference libraries and will serve to complement western studies … . it will prove to be of interest to the specialist in planetary mapping.” (Bill Leatherbarrow, The Observatory, Vol. 136 (1253), August, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Zhanna F. Rodionova works in the Department of Lunar and Planetary Research at Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University. She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union, being a member of Division F Planetary Systems and Bioastronomy and Division F Commission 16 Physical Study of Planets & Satellites as well as a past member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences. Her publications include works on morphological cataloguing of the craters of the Moon and Mars and hypsometric mapping. Together with J.A. Brekhovskikh she compiled the new Hypsometric Globe of Mars based on laser altimeter data of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.Gregory Michael is a planetary scientist at the Free University of Berlin. He is a co-investigator of the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera, and specialises in the dating of planetary surfaces from the analysis of their impact crater populations. A former member of the Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, he was the first western student to earn a PhD at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lunar and Planetary Cartography in Russia
Authors: Vladislav Shevchenko, Zhanna Rodionova, Gregory Michael
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21039-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21038-4Published: 06 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36309-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21039-1Published: 29 October 2015
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 145
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Planetology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Geophysics and Environmental Physics