----------------------------Original message----------------------------
In case anybody is interested, I enclose the Planetary Map FAQ file
(FAQ = answers to Frequently Asked Questions), which I maintain and
post sporadically to the Usenet astronomy and space groups. The
file is also available by FTP from our FTP site, whose address is included
in this enclosure.
At that FTP site you can also find .GIF images of maps of small bodies
like asteroids and the moons of Mars which I have produced as part of
my Small Bodies Mapping Program, and cartobibliographies for selected
worlds. All items at this location are in the public domain.
Phil Stooke,
Dept. of Geography,
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
[log in to unmask]
(I don't read Maps-L, so any replies or comments to this e-mail, please.)
=-=-=-=-=
PLANETARY MAPS: (this article is in the public domain)
A list of maps of all mapped solar system bodies except Earth, 53 by May
1996. If there are many maps (e.g. Mars) a general purpose global map is
listed, subdivided if necessary: relief maps (usually with placenames),
topography (contours), geological maps... If not (e.g. Deimos) the best
available map is listed. Some (e.g. Comet Encke) are simple diagrams of
possible surface features ('sketch' under map type). A few interesting
books are listed at the end. Questions, errors or omissions: please
contact me (Phil Stooke) at: [log in to unmask]
For IAU definitions of North, longitudes, prime meridians etc. see Chapter
5 of PLANETARY MAPPING (see below) and further references in that chapter.
References: USGS = U.S. Geological Survey. Order by I-number from USGS
Map Sales, Box 25286, Denver, Colorado USA 80225. About $4 / sheet (some
in list are sets of several sheets). Call Customer Service: (303) 236-7477
for price and ordering details. NASA Tech. Memo. 4395 (Indexes of Maps of
Planets and Satellites 1992) by J. Inge and R. Batson is the best guide to
sheet maps. Most Apollo-era Moon maps (LAC, LTO) are out of print, but
some (+ NASA CD-ROMS) may be found at NSSDC: National Space Science Data
Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland USA 20771. Edmund
Scientific: 101 E.Gloucester Pike, Barrington, NJ 08007-1380, USA. Virtual
Reality Labs: 2341 Ganador Ct., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA. Other
maps are in books and journals. Bibliographic data are abbreviated but
there should be enough detail to find the item. Maps of small bodies drawn
by me are available by anonymous FTP from Phobos.sscl.uwo.ca/pub/Space.
BODY MAP TYPE REFERENCE
Mercury relief USGS maps I-1149,1171,1822
geology USGS maps I-1199,1233,1408,1409,1658,1659,1660,
2015,2148
atlas Davies et al. ATLAS OF MERCURY, NASA SP-423, 1978
globe USGS (out of print- see at Cornell U. or LPI)
Venus relief USGS map I-2041 (see also SKY+TEL,Aug.1995, p.54-55)
topogr USGS maps I-1324,1562,2041 + GxDR CD-ROM from NSSDC
geology USGS map I-2059 (Venera 15/16 data)
digital VENUS EXPLORER CD-ROM, Virtual Reality Labs Inc.
atlas ATLAS POVERKHNOSTI VENERY, Russia, 1989
globe Sky Publishing (ads in Sky & Telescope)
online http://cdwings.jpl.nasa.gov/pds/public/magellan/
midrcd_query3.html
Moon relief USGS maps I-1218,1326,2276
topogr NSSDC: LAC maps (earthside), LTO maps (Apollo zone)
+ Zuber et al., SCIENCE 266:1839-1843,1994 (global)
geology USGS maps I-703,948,1034,1047,1062,1162,
+ Wilhelms, USGS Professional Paper 1348, 1987
atlas LUNAR ORBITER PHOTO ATLAS, NASA SP-206, 1971
+ A. Rukl, ATLAS OF THE MOON, Hamlyn, 1990
globe Replogle Globes (via Sky Publ., ads in SKY+TEL.)
online http://www.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clib
Mars relief USGS maps I-1618,2179, Edmund Scientific Mars Map
topogr USGS map I-2160 + MDIM CD-ROM, disk 7, from NSSDC
geology USGS map I-1802
digital MDIM CD-ROMs, disks 1-6, available from NSSDC
+ MARS EXPLORER CD-ROM, Virtual Reality Labs Inc.
atlas Batson et al., ATLAS OF MARS, NASA SP-438, 1979
globe Sky Publishing (ads in SKY+TELESCOPE)
online http://ic-www.arc.nasa.gov/ic/projects/
bayes-group/Atlas/Mars
Phobos outline Thomas, ICARUS, 40: 223-243, 1979
relief Bugaevsky et al., ADV.SPACE.RES. 12(9):17-21, 1992
topogr Thomas, ICARUS, 105:326-344, 1993 (+ photomosaic)
globe Max Planck Institut fur Physik+Astrophys., 1988
Deimos outline Thomas, ICARUS, 40: 223-243, 1979
topogr Thomas, ICARUS, 105:326-344, 1993 (+ photomosaic)
Jupiter mosaics Smith et al., SCIENCE 206:927-950, 1979 (Voyager)
mosaics Hammel+, SCIENCE 267:1288-1296, 1995 (HST, SL9 sites)
Amalthea rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS 64:187-197, 1994
Io relief USGS map I-1713
topogr Gaskell+Synnott,GEOPHYS.RES.LET. 15:581-584, 1988
geology USGS map I-2209
Europa relief USGS maps I-1241,1493,1499
geology SATELLITES OF JUPITER,Ch.14, U.Arizona Press, 1982
Ganymede relief USGS map I-2331
geology USGS maps I-1934,1966,2289,2328,2388 (more to come)
Callisto relief USGS maps I-1239,2035
geology Schenk, JOURN.GEOPHYS.RES., 100:19023-19040, 1995
Saturn mosaics Sromovsky+, J.GEOPH.RES.88:8650-8666, 1983 (Voyager)
mosaics Westphal et al., ICARUS 100:485-498, 1992 (HST)
mosaics Godfrey, ICARUS 76:335-356, 1988 (N. Pole)
Prometheus rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 62: 199-221, 1993
Pandora rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 62: 199-221, 1993
Janus rel,topo Stooke+Lumsdon, EARTH,MOON,PLAN. 62:223-237, 1993
Epimetheus rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 63: 67-83, 1993
Mimas relief USGS maps I-1489,2155
geology Croft, NASA TECH.MEM. 4300, 95-97, 1991
Enceladus relief USGS maps I-1485,2156
geology Kargel+Pozio, ICARUS 119:385-404, 1996
Tethys relief USGS maps I-1487,2157
geology Moore+Ahern, J.GEOPHYS.RES. 88:A577-A584, 1983
Dione relief USGS maps I-1488,2158
geology Moore, ICARUS, 59:205-220, 1984
Rhea relief USGS maps I-1484,1921
geology Moore et al., J.GEOPHYS.RES. 90:C785-C795, 1985
Titan albedo Smith et al., ICARUS 119:336-349, 1996
Hyperion outline Thomas et al., ICARUS, 117:128-148, 1995 (+ topogr)
rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS (submitted)
Iapetus relief USGS maps I-1486,2159
geology Croft, NASA TECH.MEM. 4300, 101-103, 1991
Phoebe albedo Thomas et al., J.GEOPHYS.RES. 88:8736-8742, 1983
Uranus contours Connerney+,J.GEO.RES.92:15329-15336, 1987 (mag.field)
Puck outline Stooke, LUN.PLANET.SCI. XXV, 1349-1350, 1994
Miranda relief USGS map I-1920
topogr Wu, LUNAR PLANET.SCI XVIII, 1110-1111, 1987
geology Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
Ariel relief USGS map I-1920
geology Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
Umbriel relief USGS map I-1920
geology Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
Titania relief USGS map I-1920
geology Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
Oberon relief USGS map I-1920
geology Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
Neptune mosaics Smith et al., SCIENCE 246:1422-1449, 1989
Larissa relief Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 65:31-54, 1994
Proteus rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 65:31-54, 1994
Triton relief USGS maps I-2153,2154,2275
geology Smith et al., SCIENCE 246:1422-1449, 1989
Pluto albedo Carlowicz, EOS Trans. AGU, 77(12): p.111, 1996
Charon albedo Buie et al., ICARUS, 97:211-227, 1992
4 Vesta albedo SKY & TELESCOPE, vol. 91(1) (January 1996), p. 10
29 Amphitrite sketch Barucci et al., ASTER.COMET.METEOR.II,89-92, 1986
43 Ariadne sketch Detal et al., ASTRON.ASTROPHYS. 281:269-280, 1994
243 Ida geology Belton et al., SCIENCE, 265:1543-1547, 1994
topogr Thomas et al., ICARUS, 120:20-32, 1996
243(1) Dactyl outline Veverka et al., ICARUS, 120:200-211, 1996
532 Herculina sketch Taylor et al., ICARUS, 69:354-369, 1987
624 Hektor sketch Hartmann+Cruikshank, ICARUS, 36:353-366, 1978
951 Gaspra topogr Thomas et al., ICARUS, 107:23-36, 1994
outline Veverka et al., ICARUS 107:2-17 & 72-83, 1994
+ Stooke, LPSC XXVII, in press, 1996
4179 Toutatis relief Hudson+Ostro, SCIENCE, 270:84-86, 1995
outline Stooke, LPSC XXVII, in press, 1996
4769 Castalia relief Hudson+Ostro, SCIENCE, 263:940-943, 1994
+ Stooke, LPSC XXVI, 1365-1366, 1995
Comet Encke sketch Sekanina, ASTRON.J. 96:1455-1475, 1988
Comet Halley outline Moehlmann+,COMETS,POST-HALLEY ERA,p764,Kluwer 1991
rel,topo Stooke+Abergel, ASTRON.ASTROPHYS 248:656-668, 1991
Swift-Tuttle sketch Sekanina, ASTRON.J. 86:1741-1773, 1981
Com.Tempel-2 sketch Sekanina, ASTRON.J. 102:350-388, 1991
Interesting books: (no single book has maps of all bodies listed above)
ATLAS PLANET ZEMNOI GRUPPA...(atlas of terrestrial planets), Russia, 1992
ATLAS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, Hunt & Moore (eds), Rand McNally, 1983
THE ASTRONOMER'S MANUAL, A. Rukl, Crescent Books, 1989
VOYAGER ATLAS, SIX SATURNIAN SATELLITES, Batson et al., NASA SP-474, 1984
PLANETARY MAPPING, Greeley & Batson (eds), Cambridge U.Press, 1990
PLANETARY LANDSCAPES, Greeley, Cambridge U. Press, 2nd ed. 1994
MAPPING OF THE MOON, Kopal & Carder, D.Reidel Co., 1974
MARS AND ITS SATELLITES, J. Blunck, Exposition Press, 1982 (ed. 2)
|