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| − | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2972&fullsize=1 [[Image: | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2972&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Rimae-Littrow_AS17-M-0446_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Rimae-Littrow_AS17-M-0446_LTVT.JPG]]][http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2044&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Rimae_Littrow_LO_iv_078_h3.jpg|external image normal_Rimae_Littrow_LO_iv_078_h3.jpg]]]<br /> '''Left''': ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2972 Apollo 17 image; AS17-M-0446]'' This Apollo 17 Metric Camera view shows the southern part of the '''Rimae Littrow''' system. [[Clerke|Clerke]] is the deeply-shadowed 6-km circular crater in the center, with the much smaller craters of [[Catena%20Littrow|Catena Littrow]] in the bright area to its north. 30-km [[Littrow|Littrow]], the namesake of both the rilles and the crater chain, is partially visible along the right margin. The [[Apollo%2017%20Site|Apollo 17 Landing Site]] is below it, along the bottom right margin. '''Right''': ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2044 LOIV 078 H3]''<br /> <br /> <div id="toc"> |
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Latest revision as of 02:12, 16 April 2018
Contents
Rimae Littrow (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII)
(unofficially known as Fossae Littrow)
| Lat: 22.1°N, Long: 29.9°E, Length: 115 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25 |
Left: Apollo 17 image; AS17-M-0446 This Apollo 17 Metric Camera view shows the southern part of the Rimae Littrow system. Clerke is the deeply-shadowed 6-km circular crater in the center, with the much smaller craters of Catena Littrow in the bright area to its north. 30-km Littrow, the namesake of both the rilles and the crater chain, is partially visible along the right margin. The Apollo 17 Landing Site is below it, along the bottom right margin. Right: LOIV 078 H3
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Lunar Orbiter 5's frames 066, 067, 068, and 069 are four photographs of Clerke and the surrounding Rimae Littrow (up to Dorsa Aldrovandi). - DannyCaes Mar 25, 2008
- Apollo 15's orbital Hasselblad frame AS15-87-11710 shows a close-up of the northern portion of Rimae Littrow- tychocrater Dec 16, 2008
Maps
(LAC zone 42C2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Are the main parts of Rimae Littrow (parts I and II) connected with the main part of Rimae Chacornac? - DannyCaes Nov 3, 2017
Nomenclature
- Named after the nearby crater. (Littrow)
- The original IAU nomenclature of Blagg and Müller had only one Roman-numeralled rille named after Littrow.
- Unofficially known as Fossae Littrow, see Lunar Topographic Orthophotomaps 42-C2, 43-A4, 43-D1.
LPOD Articles
Littrow Rilles - A Wider ViewYoung Fractures
Bibliography
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