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Mons La Hire

Solitary lunar mountain in the western Mare Imbrium

Field	Value
name	Mons La Hire
photo	Mons la hire.jpg
photo_caption	Mons La Hire from Apollo 15. NASA photo.
elevation	1.5 km
listing	Lunar mountains
etymology	Philippe de La Hire
location	the Moon
coordinates

Mons La Hire is a solitary lunar mountain in the western Mare Imbrium. It is located to the northeast of the crater Euler, and to the west-northwest of Lambert.

The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 27.8° N, 25.5° W, and it has a maximum diameter at the base of 25 km. The mountain base has a shape roughly like an arrow head, with the point oriented toward the west-northwest. The peak has a height of 1.5 km above the surface.

This feature was named after Philippe de La Hire, a French mathematician and astronomer.

Nearby craters

Charles (upper left corner), Mavis (below Charles), and Annegrit (lower right corner), north of Mons La Hire. The largest crater at bottom center is unnamed.

Several tiny craters near this mountain have been assigned names by the IAU. These are listed in the table below. Felix and Verne are located to the south of the peak, while the remainder are grouped to the north and northeast.

Crater	Diameter	Name source
Annegrit	1 km	German feminine name
Charles	1 km	French masculine name
Felix	1 km	Latin masculine name
Mavis	1 km	Scottish feminine name
Verne	2 km	Latin masculine name

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Mons La Hire.

La Hire	Coordinates	Diameter, km
A		5
B		4

La Hire A is on the northeast side of Dorsum Zirkel, and La Hire B is on the southwest side.

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

La Hire D — See Caventou (crater).

References

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