IWLOP #084 - Mons Pico & Montes Teneriffe
Isolated mountains in Mare Imbrium that may be the remnants of an inner wall of the Mare Imbrium Basin.
Location: 48.0 N 9.0-13.0 W Origin: Impact Length: 110 km (Montes Teneriffe), 11x25 km (Mons Pico) Rukl: 11 Type: Mount
Objects: Mons Pico, Mons Pico β, Montes Teneriffe
Others Identified: Bliss, Mare Imbrium, Montes Alpes, Plato, Vallis Alpes
Location: Home
Date: 2018-09-02
Time: 12:10 AM ADT
Equipment: 6" Dobsonian, 10 mm eyepiece
Magnification: x120
Seeing: Excellent (5)
Transparency: Excellent (5)
Temperature: 16° C
SQM: 20.88
Moon Phase: 3rd Quarter at 11:39 PM ADT
R1: Mons Pico and Mons Pico βwere located south of Plato on Mare Imbrium. Both were very bright compared to the Mare floor. Montes Teneriffe was located NE of the Mons Pico.
NOTE: From a web search discovered that Mons Pico and individual peaks of Montes Teneriffe rise up to 2.4 km above the Mare floor.
