Mons Pico

Mons Pico
Mons Pico
Elevation 2.4 km
Listing Lunar mountains
Location
Location the Moon
Coordinates 45°42′N 8°54′W / 45.7°N 8.9°W / 45.7; -8.9

Mons Pico is a solitary lunar mountain that lies in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium basin, and to the south of the dark-floored crater Plato. This peak forms part of the surviving inner ring of the Imbrium basin. This ring continues to the northwest and with the Montes Teneriffe and Montes Recti ranges. This mountain feature was most likely named by Schröter for the Pico von Teneriffe (Teide).

The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 45.7° N, 8.9° W. It forms an elongated feature with a length of 25 kilometers (oriented northwest-southeast) and a width of 15 km. The peak rises to a height of only 2.4 km, comparable to the maximum altitude of the Montes Teneriffe. Due to its isolated location on the lunar mare, however, this peak can form prominent shadows when illuminated by oblique sunlight.

A smaller peak to the south of Mons Pico is designated Pico Β. This region of the mare is notable for a number of wrinkle ridges.

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 Pico.

Pico Latitude Longitude Diameter
B 46.5° N 15.3° W 12 km
C 47.2° N 6.6° W 5 km
D 43.4° N 11.3° W 7 km
E 43.0° N 10.3° W 9 km
F 42.2° N 10.2° W 4 km
G 46.6° N 10.4° W 4 km
K 44.6° N 7.5° W 3 km

Pico in fiction

Strange objects appear near Pico in the 1957 science fiction novel Blast Off at Woomera by Hugh Walters, their fate is further expanded in the sequels The Domes of Pico and Operation Columbus.

Pico is the site of a climactic space battle in Arthur C. Clarke's novel Earthlight and mentioned in passing in his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey and in his short story The Sentinel.

See also

Coordinates: 45°42′N 8°54′W / 45.7°N 8.9°W / 45.7; -8.9


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