Rima Newcomb
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Rima Newcomb
(discontinued(?) IAU name)
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Lat: 29.9°N, Long: 43.8°E, Length: 41 km, Depth: km, Rükl 25 |
Consolidated Lunar Atlas Rima Newcomb was the name applied to the shallow gouge emerging from Newcomb's northwest rim and terminating near the crater to the north of Kirchhoff.
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Nomenclature
- This feature is catalog entry 301 in Mary Blagg's Collated List, where it is described as one of two rilles labeled Römer Zeta by Neison.
- It entered the original IAU nomenclature of Named Lunar Formations as Newcomb Ir, named after the nearby crater, Newcomb.
- The name became Rima Newcomb I in the System of Lunar Craters, where it is plotted on the Quad Maps.
- The name can be seen printed on LAC 43 (1965).
- The name Rima Newcomb was apparently eliminated during the preparation of the IAU Planetary Gazetteer, where it is listed as a dropped/disallowed name with a drop date of "1985". No record of the name actually having been dropped exists in IAU Transactions XIXB, the volume for 1985.
- The Collated List also included three other "valleys" near Newcomb: catalog entries 316-318. These entered the IAU nomenclature as Newcomb E and F, and Berzelius G.
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