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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Lunar Exploration _ Name of this mons around Herodotus area

Posted by: Daniele_bianchino_Italy Apr 14 2020, 09:47 AM

Does the isolated mountain south of the Herodotus crater have a name? it looks like a volcanic cone, but I suppose it isn't. Maybe the crater at the top is just a case of impact on the summit, one of many on the moon.
https://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_17,_2012

Posted by: AndyG Apr 14 2020, 02:47 PM

Herodotus Omega. There's a blog about it https://moonzooblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/herodotus-omega/.

Andy

Posted by: Steve G Apr 15 2020, 05:20 PM

Oh, Andy, that's good! Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Area looks scientifically rich and beautiful in the extreme.

Posted by: Phil Stooke Apr 15 2020, 05:25 PM

It's also the youngest identified lava flow on the Moon - not the dome, the surrounding plains. A prime candidate for sample return.

Phil

Posted by: Daniele_bianchino_Italy Apr 16 2020, 08:26 AM

Thanks Andy,
This is the most structure that looks like an Earth-volcano over the Moon or I'm wrong?