Who's Who In The Moon

From Abbot to Zupus A Guide To The Moon And The People On It

Brian Jones

• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781526737083
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Astronomy & Astrophysics

Who's Who in the Moon is aimed not only at the beginner or near-beginner, but also at the backyard astronomer who is perhaps experienced in other areas of observation but who has decided to spend more time considering the Moon as an alternative target. The book provides a visual introduction to our closest celestial neighbor, opening with an introductory section which details both with the history of lunar mapping and naming of lunar formations as well as providing useful information on observing the lunar surface and what observers can realistically expect to see when they look at the Moon with the naked eye, binoculars or a small/medium telescope. The introductory section is followed by a lengthy series of images, including not only wide field panoramic views, but also a large number of more detailed images showing close-up views of different areas of the Moon and featuring individual craters, mountains, valleys and much more. Many of the individual features shown on these images are identified by name and are accompanied by biographical sketches relating to the men and women after whom they are named. This is a non-technical, up-close-and-personal visual look at the Earth's only natural satellite and many of the individual features scattered across its surface. Rather than offering itself as a full and exhaustive guide to the lunar surface, A Guide to the Moon is more of a vade mecum which enables and (hopefully) encourages the reader to become more acquainted with the lunar landscape on a personal level, with a view to learning more about the astronomers and other scientists whose names are immortalised by having lunar features named after them. Who's Who in the Moon was inspired by, and is a tribute to, a Memoir published by the British Astronomical Association (BAA) in 1938 entitled Who's Who in the Moon written by Mary Evershed, the first Director of the BAA Historical Section. The biographical notes in A Guide to the Moon include examples of those penned by Mary Evershed in her original publication.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Editors’ Foreword
• A History of the Naming of Lunar Formations Mike Frost
• When the Buffalo Bellows: Lunar Calendars Around the World David Harper
• The Far Side of the Moon James Harrop
• Observing the Moon Bill Leatherbarrow
• Getting Acquainted with Lunar Craters – through Sketching Mary McIntyre
• Personal Perspectives of the Moon
• Becoming Familiar with the Lunar Surface
• The Lunar Near Side
• North Polar Region
• Hermite and Peary Region
• Anaxagoras and Hayn
• Pythagoras – Plato – Fontenelle
• Aristoteles – Endymion – Atlas – Hercules
• Schiaparelli – Mairan – Oceanus Procellarum
• Sinus Iridum – Mare Imbrium
• Mare Serenitatis – Mare Crisium Mare Crisium Cleomedes to Geminus
• Menelaus – Vitruvius – Maraldi
• Oceanus Procellarum – Marius – Kepler
• Copernicus - Reinhold – Eratosthenes
• Montes Apenninus Region Montes Apenninus Sinus Fidei
• Grimaldi – Mare Cognitum – Reinhold Montes Riphaeus
• Gambart – Herschel – Ptolemaeus
• Albategnius – Theophilus – Langrenus Dorsa Geikie Hipparchus Region
• Gassendi – Bullialdus – Palus Epidemiarum Pitatus Mare Humorum
• Arzachel – Purbach – Rupes Altai Rupes Recta Region and Rupes Recta
• Abulfeda – Fracastorius – Petavius
• Schickard – Clavius – Tycho
• Clavius – Scheiner – Blancanus
• Tycho – Wilhelm – Longomontanus
• Stöfler – Fabricius – Nearch
• South Polar Region
• Drygalski, Haworth and Amundsen Region
• The Lunar Libration Zones
• Poczobutt and Cremona
• Wegener, Stefan and Rynin to Nernst and Röntgen
• Mare Orientale
• Mendel, Lippmann and Hausen
• Mare Humboldtianum
• Mare Marginis – Mare Smythii King
• Mare Australe
• Lyot to Sikorsky
• Our Contributors