Rimae Daniell

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Rimae Daniell (I, II, III, and IV)

Lat: 37.0°N, Long: 26.0°E, Length: 200 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 14

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In this Lunar Orbiter view, the most prominent of the Rimae Daniell rilles slashes diagonally across Lacus Somniorum to the northeast of the bright 6-km Daniell D.

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Maps

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Description


Description: Wikipedia

Rimae Daniell

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named from nearby crater Daniell.
  • Called Rimae Daniell I, II, III, and IV on Chart 20 in the Times Atlas of the Moon. See also LAC 26.
  • Is there a name for the system of rilles on the floor of Daniell itself?
  • Daniell D, the crater nearby Rima Daniell II, seems to have been unofficially re-named John Lennon Peace Crater in october 2009, see LPOD Give Truth a Chance.


LPOD Articles

A Lost Peninsula
Which Came First
Rimae Fantasticus
Give Truth a Chance

Bibliography