Promontorium Laplace
File:Wac sinus iridum300m.png; Promontorium Laplace is labeled at upper-right.]]
Image:Helicon crater AS15-81-10976.jpg crater (left), with Promontorium Laplace on horizon, from Apollo 15.]]
Promontorium Laplace is a raised mountainous cape situated at the end of Montes Jura in Mare Imbrium on the near side of the Moon. Its selenographic coordinates are 46.8° N, 25.5° W and it is 2600 meters high. It forms the northeast boundary of the bay of Sinus Iridum.
It is named after Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace, an 18th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.{{gpn|4845}}
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External links
- {{cite web | last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = 2006-08-20 | url = http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/August_20,_2006 | title = Out the Porthole | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day | accessdate = 2016-09-18 }}, excellent earth-based image of Sinus Iridum and vicinity, including Promontorium Laplace
Category:Mountains on the Moon
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