Rima Sheepshanks
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Rima Sheepshanks
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Lat: 58.0°N, Long: 24.0°E, Length: 200 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%205 Rükl: 5] |
Table of Contents
[#Rima Sheepshanks Rima Sheepshanks]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Images Images]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Maps Maps]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Description Description]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Rima Sheepshanks-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-092H Rima Sheepshanks is the nearly horizontal rille in the middle of the frame. This [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] detail extends from 25-km [/Sheepshanks Sheepshanks] (the shadowed crater cut by the margin in the upper left) to 8-km [/G%C3%A4rtner Gärtner] C (partial crater, same distance from top near right margin). 14-km [/G%C3%A4rtner Gärtner] F (also near the right margin) is below it. At the bottom, the 21-km crater next to the ridges (and under the fingerprint-like blemish in the [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] film) is [/Galle Galle]. The 10-11 km diameter craters closest to Rima Sheepshanks are [/Sheepshanks Sheepshanks] C (near left margin), [/Galle Galle] C (near middle, on the south) and [/Kane Kane] G (on the north).
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 13A3) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
The Sheepshanks and Gärtner rilles connect, or nearly connect, as illustrated in this [/Clementine Clementine] image. The main part of the [/Rima%20G%C3%A4rtner Gärtner Rille] is to the east, beyond [/G%C3%A4rtner Gärtner] D. See May 14, 2010 LPOD for details.
Nomenclature
Named from nearby crater. ([/Sheepshanks Sheepshanks])
The Sheepshanks-Gartner Rille is the unofficial name for the "connected" Sheepshanks and Gartner Rilles.
LPOD Articles
Nearly Invisible Rille
A Knot of Features
Bibliography
- Raffaello Lena , KC Pau and Piergiovanni Salimbeni. 2004. Observations of the Rima Sheepshanks. Selenology Vol. 23, 1
- The Sheepshanks-Gartner Rille: page 32 in the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (C.A.Wood/ M.Collins).
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