Rimae Maclear
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Rimae Maclear
(current IAU name; formerly [/Ross Ross] Ir and [/Rimae%20Sosigenes Sosigenes Ir])
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Lat: 13.0°N, Long: 20.0°E, Length: 110 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2035 Rükl 35] |
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[#Rimae Maclear Rimae Maclear]
[#Rimae Maclear-Images Images]
[#Rimae Maclear-Maps Maps]
[#Rimae Maclear-Description Description]
[#Rimae Maclear-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Rimae Maclear-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Rimae Maclear-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Rimae Maclear-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Rimae Maclear-Bibliography Bibliography]
LO-IV-085 The two main rilles of Rimae Maclear are in the left part of this detail from a [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] frame, unfortunately marred by a fingerprint-like flaw in the on-board film development, which they straddle. In the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters], the segment on the right, running from 12-km [/Al-Bakri Al-Bakri] (at the top margin) to 20-km [/Maclear Maclear] (at the bottom margin) was known as Rima Maclear I; while the much shorter parallel segment to its west, about 28 km long and terminating near 5-km [/Ross Ross] C (shadowed crater on the lower left margin), was Rima Maclear II. The 24-km crater to the lower right of center is [/Ross Ross]. The other IAU-named features in this view are 6-km [/Tacquet Tacquet] C (midway between [/Ross Ross] and [/Al-Bakri Al-Bakri]) and 6-km [/Ross Ross] B (directly above [/Maclear Maclear].
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 60A2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named after nearby crater ([/Maclear Maclear]).
- The current name for these rilles first appears in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters] maps, in which they were given the names appearing in the caption to the title image, above.
- In the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations], the Rima Maclear I of the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters] was [/Ross Ross] Ir (Catalog number 532 from the [/Collated%20List Collated List], where Neison had called it Ross Theta). Rima Maclear II was regarded as part of [/Rimae%20Sosigenes Sosigenes Ir] (Catalog number 578).
- As noticed by Wilfried Tost, the pre-SLC names were used on LAC 60 (from September 1962) as well as on Geologic Map I510 (for which it serves as the base).
- The system of two arc-shaped remnants of ghost craters, between Rimae Maclear and [/Al-Bakri Al-Bakri], is known to some amateur observers as "The Seagull", because of its typical shape. Thus nicknamed by David North and Akkana Peck.
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