Mons La Hire is a solitary
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mountain in the western
Mare Imbrium
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. It is located to the northeast of the crater
Euler
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, and to the west-northwest of
Lambert.
The selenographic
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s 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
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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
Several tiny
craters near this mountain have been assigned names by the
IAU
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. 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.
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 A is on the northeast side of
Dorsum Zirkel
Oblique view of Dorsum Zirkel from Apollo 15, taken at a low sun angle
Dorsum Zirkel is a wrinkle ridge at northeast of Mons La Hire in Mare Imbrium on the Moon
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, and La Hire B is on the southwest side.
The following craters have been renamed by the
IAU
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.
* La Hire D — ''See''
Caventou (crater)
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.
See also
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List of mountains on the Moon by height
The is a list of mountains on the Moon, arranged by relative height in kilometres.
More than four kilometres
*Mons Huygens - 5.5 km
*Mons Hadley - 4.5 km
* Mons Bradley - 4.3 km
3-4 kilometres
*Mons Penck - 4.0 km
*Mons H ...
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Mountains on the Moon
Hire, Mons La
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