Catena Lucretius (RNII)

Lat: 3.4°S, Long: 126.1°W, Length: 271 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

This feature is named after the nearby crater, [/Lucretius Lucretius]. The parenthetical abbreviation (RNII) is based on the Russian spelling for the Rocket Research Institute, a scientific institute.
The name RNII was proposed for this feature on the [/Sternberg%20Lunar%20Nomenclature Complete Map of the Moon] (1967/1969) made under the direction of the [/Sternberg%20Institute Sternberg Institute], and presented to the IAU in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIIIB 1967].
The idea of naming [/catena catenae] after institutes was considered by the [/IAU IAU] starting in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIVB 1970].
Although the idea of naming catenae after institutes was ultimately rejected, Catena Lucretius (RNII) was among three catenae for which in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIIB#CATENAE 1979] the IAU began recommending that to "provide a cross-reference to the earlier Soviet lunar maps" the name be printed on maps followed by the initials in parenthesis.
It is unclear from the [/IAU%20Transactions IAU Transactions] when the name Catena Lucretius (without the parenthesis) had been assigned.

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