Selenean summit

The "Selenean summit" refers to the "highest" point on the Moon, notionally similar to Mount Everest on the Earth.

Artist view approaching the Selenian Summit heading SW, looking towards Engelhardt Crater.

At some 10,786 m (35,387 ft) above the lunar mean, it is nearly twenty percent 'taller' than Earth's relative highest point, Everest. The summit is located along the north-eastern rim of Engelhardt crater. Although methods of measurement differ somewhat (e.g. where is sea level on the Moon?), since its discovery in 2010 by the LRO teams, nowhere else has surpassed this region's height measurements on the lunar surface.[1]

Professor Mark S. Robinson (School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University) is widely cited as the project leader of the LRO discovery team. Approximate coordinates for the summit are 5°24′45″N 158°38′01″W / 5.4125°N 158.6335°W[2]

The summit is located on the far side of the Moon relative to Earth.

References

  1. ↑ Page, Lewis (29 October 2010). "Highest point on the Moon found: Higher than Mount Everest". theregister.co.uk. The Register. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Highest Point on the Moon". NASA. 2010-10-27. Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-03-29.

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