Selenean summit
Highest point on the Moon
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Selenean summit refers to the highest point on the Moon, notionally similar to Mount Everest on the Earth.
At some 10,786 m (35,387 ft) above the lunar mean, it is nearly twenty percent 'taller' than Earth's relative highest point, Everest. The summit is located along the north-eastern rim of Engel'gardt crater. Although methods of measurement differ somewhat (e.g., the Moon lacks a sea level), since its discovery in 2010 by the LRO teams, nowhere else has surpassed this region's height measurements on the lunar surface.[1] Approximate coordinates for the summit are 5.4125°N 158.6335°W.[2][3] Later meassurements put the summit at 5.441°N 158.656°W and 10.629 kilometres (6.605 mi).[4]
The summit is located on the far side of the Moon relative to Earth.
See also
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
- Mons Huygens
- Antoniadi (lunar crater), lowest point at −9.178 kilometres (−5.703 mi)[4]