Catena Lucretius (RNII)
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Catena Lucretius (RNII)
Lat: 3.4°S, Long: 126.1°W, Length: 271 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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[#Catena Lucretius (RNII) Catena Lucretius (RNII)]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Images Images]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Maps Maps]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Description Description]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Catena Lucretius (RNII)-Bibliography Bibliography]
left: Clementine . right: LROC . Catena Lucretius at center, Lucretius at lower right corner; all image area is covered by [/Orientale%20Basin Orientale Basin] ejecta blanket.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 89A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
List of [/Lunar%20Catenae Lunar Catenae].
Nomenclature
- 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.
LPOD Articles
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