Mons Huygens

Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Mons Ampère (below left of center) and Mons Huygens (above right of center)

Labeled view from Earth

Mons Huygens is the Moon's tallest mountain (but not its highest point).^[1] It is about 3.3 miles (5.5 km) high and is located in the Montes Apenninus.^[1] The Montes Apenninus were formed by the impact that created Mare Imbrium.

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Mons Huygens

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1 2 MP - Mons Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens
Books	Systema Saturnium (1659) De Vi Centrifiga (1659) Horologium Oscillatorium (1673) Traité de la Lumiére (1692) Cosmotheoros (1698)
In science and natural philosophy	Centripetal acceleration Coupled oscillation Conception of the standardization of the temperature scale Early history of classical mechanics Early history of calculus Huygens' law Huygens' lemniscate Huygens' principle (Huygens–Fresnel principle) Huygens' construction Huygens' tritone Huygens' wavelet Huygens' wave theory Huygens–Steiner theorem Hypothesis of intelligent extraterrestrial life Isochrone curve (tautochrone curve) Foundations of differential geometry of curves (mathematical notions of the evolute and involute of the curve) Scientific foundations of horology Mathematical and physical investigations of properties of the pendulum Modern conception of centrifugal and centripetal forces Music theory of microtones (31 equal temperament) Polarization of light (Iceland spar) Rings of Saturn Titan (moon) Theoretical foundations of wave optics (wave theory of light)
In technology	Inventions by Huygens Aerial telescope Cycloidal pendulum Huygens' engine ¹ Huygens' eyepiece Magic lantern ² Spiral balance spring Precision timekeeping (pendulum clock and spiral-hairspring watch)
Recognitions	List of things named after Christiaan Huygens 2801 Huygens Cassini–Huygens Huygens (spacecraft) Huygens (probe) Mons Huygens Huygens (crater) Huygens-Fokker Foundation Huygens Gap Huygens Ringlet Horologium (constellation)
Other topics	Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Episode 6: "Travellers' Tales" (1980 documentary TV series by Carl Sagan) Clocks and Culture, 1300–1700 (1967 history book by Carlo Cipolla) Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World (1983 history book by David Landes) Scientific Revolution Golden Age of Dutch science and technology Science and technology in the Dutch Republic Académie des Sciences
Related people	Huygens family Galileo Galilei René Descartes Salomon Coster Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Isaac Newton Robert Hooke Denis Papin Augustin-Jean Fresnel Thomas Young
¹ A rudimentary prototype of internal combustion piston engine. ² An early practical type of image projector and a precursor to both the modern slide projector and the movie projector. Wikiquote Wikisource texts

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Mons Huygens

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