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
coordinate
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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
Philippe de La Hire (or Lahire, La Hyre or Phillipe de La Hire) (18 March 1640 – 21 April 1718) , a French mathematician and astronomer.
Nearby craters
Several tiny
crater
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s near this mountain have been assigned names by the
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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, and La Hire B is on the southwest side.
The following craters have been renamed by the
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.
* La Hire D — ''See''
Caventou (crater).
See also
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List of mountains on the Moon
This is a list of mountains on the Moon (with a scope including all named ''mons'' and ''montes'', planetary science jargon terms roughly equivalent to 'isolated mountain'/'massif' and 'mountain range').
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* This list is not comprehensiv ...
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Mountains on the Moon
Hire, Mons La
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