Rima Ariadaeus

Rima Ariadaeus

Lat: 6.4°N, Long: 14.0°E, Length: 250 km, Depth: 0.48 km, Rükl: 34

Table of Contents

[#Rima Ariadaeus Rima Ariadaeus]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Images Images]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Maps Maps]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Description Description]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Lunar 100 Lunar 100]

[#Rima Ariadaeus-Bibliography Bibliography]

Mick Hyde

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 60D1) LAC map Geologic map LM map AIC map

Description

Description: Wikipedia

Rima Ariadaeus

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
 

• Viscardy, 1985: 0.48 km

Nomenclature

• Named from nearby crater. (Ariadaeus)
• Rima Ariadaeus (or an area near Rima Ariadaeus) was once known as Potamos. This was one of Felix Chemla Lamech's new names, but the I.A.U. did not accept that name.
• Research Lamech's "Potamos": Ewen A. Whitaker and Danny Caes (August 2003, mail correspondence).

LPOD Articles

Down the Rille
Great Graben
Edgy

Lunar 100

L29: "Long, linear graben."

Bibliography

• Wood, C.A. 10/2005. The Straight Story on Linear Rilles. S&T 110(4):62-63
• Mapping and Naming the Moon; a history of lunar cartography and nomenclature (Ewen A. Whitaker).
• APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 6: Rimae (Part 3: Straight Rimae), Figure 217.
• A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 4, 5.

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