----------------------------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)