Mons Huygens is the tallest mountain in the Moon's Montes Apenninus range. Adjacent to the west is Mons Ampère. The Montes Apenninus were formed by the impact that created Mare Imbrium. Mons Huygens rises 5,300 m (17,380 ft) from its Mare Imbrium base, per altimetry data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter[1]. The mountain was named after the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physician Christiaan Huygens[2].
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MonsHuygens is the tallest mountain in the Moon's Montes Apenninus range. Adjacent to the west is Mons Ampère. The Montes Apenninus were formed by the...
asteroid Huygens (crater), a Martian crater MonsHuygens, a mountain of Earth's Moon Huygens Gap, main gap in the rings of Saturn Physics: Huygens' principle...
the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6,500 meters higher than MonsHuygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain). the central peaks of the crater...
listed below ranging from west to northeast: Mons Wolff Mons Serao (unofficial name) Mons Ampère MonsHuygens, often listed as the highest mountain on the...
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by volume. It was discovered by the Cassini–Huygens probe in 2005 and officially named in 2012. Doom Mons is named after Mount Doom, a volcano that appears...
2801 Huygens, an asteroid Huygens (crater), martian crater MonsHuygens, a mountain of Earth's Moon Huygens Gap, in the rings of Saturn Huygens law; see...
6500 meters higher than MonsHuygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain). Mountains are referred to using the Latin word mons (plural montes). The Moon's...
The summit is located on the far side of the Moon relative to Earth. MonsHuygens Page, Lewis (29 October 2010). "Highest point on the Moon found: Higher...
formed. Aeolis Mons is 5.5 km (18,000 ft) high, about the same height as MonsHuygens, the tallest lunar mountain, and taller than Mons Hadley visited...
Sinus Medii Faintly shaded area near Sacrobosco Dark spot at foot of MonsHuygens Riphean Mountains Another interesting phenomenon visible with the naked...
have been photographed erupting by NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft. Reports from NASA's Cassini–Huygens mission indicate that Saturn's moon Titan probably...
Regio, Ozza Mons, Ongwuti Mons, and an unnamed mons. Interpretation of their respective radial dike swarm features indicates that Maat Mons is the youngest...
pursued the Muslims along the coast, finally catching their enemies at Mons Gisardi (Montgisard), near Ramla. The location is disputed, as Ramla was...
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bigger than any on Earth. They include Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Hecates Tholus, Olympus Mons, and Pavonis Mons. These volcanoes have been extinct for many...
eruptions at Maat Mons have not been confirmed. Nevertheless, other more recent studies, in 2020, suggest that Venus, though not Maat Mons specifically, is...
/ˈmækswɛl ˈmɒntiːz/ is a mountain range on the planet Venus, of which Skadi Mons is the highest. Located on Ishtar Terra, the more northern of the planet's...
Martian dichotomy. Mars hosts many enormous extinct volcanos (such as Olympus Mons, 21.9 km or 13.6 mi tall) and one of the largest canyons in the Solar System...
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include large volcanoes (>100 km in diameter, often named mons, examples: Theia Mons and Maat Mons), intermediate volcanoes (20–100 km in diameter), and calderas...
landing to include other moons in the Solar System. The Huygens probe of the Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn performed a successful moon landing on...
the surface of Venus. Furthermore, probes like Galileo (1990), Cassini–Huygens (1998/1999), and MESSENGER (2006/2007) visited Venus with flybys flying...
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Claude François Milliet Dechales, Christiaan Huygens and his brother Constantijn, Gottfried Leibniz, René Descartes and Marin...
bigger than any on Earth. They include Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Hecates Tholus, Olympus Mons, and Pavonis Mons. These volcanoes have been extinct for many...
Gula Mons is a volcano in western Eistla Regio on Venus; it is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) high and located at approximately 22 degrees north latitude, 359 degrees...
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