Rimae Stadius
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Rimae Stadius
(discontinued(?) [/IAU IAU] name)
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Lat: 14.8°N, Long: 16.6°W, Diam: 120 km, Depth: , [/R%C3%BCkl%2032 Rükl: 32] |
Table of Contents
[#Rimae Stadius Rimae Stadius]
[#Rimae Stadius-Images Images]
[#Rimae Stadius-Maps Maps]
[#Rimae Stadius-Description Description]
[#Rimae Stadius-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Rimae Stadius-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Rimae Stadius-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Rimae Stadius-Bibliography Bibliography]
NASA SP-241 Labels for the two named Stadius [/rima rilles] defined in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters] can be seen by clicking on the photo. [/Stadius Stadius] is the ghost-like ring in the lower right. [/Copernicus Copernicus] is partially visible in the lower left corner.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 58B3) LAC map Geologic map
Description
These classically-named [/rima rilles] were intended to denote particularly prominent chains of craters in an area battered with secondaries from the [/Copernicus Copernicus] impact. As noted in the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer], they should more properly be called [/catena catenae].
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named after the nearby crater ([/Stadius Stadius]).
- Mary Blagg's [/Collated%20List Collated List] (1913) included four [/rima rilles] named after [/Stadius Stadius] (Catalog entries 1477-1480).
- These were incorporated into [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] (1935) as Stadius Ir through IVr (see map).
- The [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters] reduced the number to two. Rima Stadius I runs north from [/Stadius Stadius] M and corresponds to the former Stadius IVr. Rima Stadius II is depicted as running southwest from [/Stadius Stadius] W and corresponds to the former Stadius IIIr. Stadius Ir and IIr (which were closer to [/Stadius Stadius]) were dropped.
- LAC 58 defines Rima Stadius II as extending in both directions from [/Stadius Stadius] W
- The features depicted in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters] were initially listed as Rimae Stadius in the new [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer], but that name was latter dropped. The on-line Gazetteer lists the drop date as 1985 and the reason as "a [/catena catena], not a [/rima rima]." No mention of the dropping of this, and several other names listed as having been dropped in that year, appears to have been made in the [/IAU%20Transactions IAU Transactions] for [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIXB 1985].
- Often called the Stadius Craterlets in lots of popular moonbooks.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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