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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2506 AS15-M-2470]'' This small region northeast of [[Delisle|Delisle]] was the subject of a [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/39B2S2/ Topophotomap] which is the source of several IAU-approved [[minor%20feature|minor feature]] names: [[Boris|Boris]], [[Gaston|Gaston]], [[Linda|Linda]] and [[Rupes%20Boris|Rupes Boris]]. '''Rupes Boris''' refers to a minor step in elevation detected in the stereo mapping. The shadows in this photo make it appear more of a ridge. The large trench-like depression at one end of [[Rima%20Delisle|Rima Delisle]] is unnamed.<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2506 AS15-M-2470]'' This small region northeast of [[Delisle|Delisle]] was the subject of a [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/39B2S2/ Topophotomap] which is the source of several IAU-approved [[minor%20feature|minor feature]] names: [[Boris|Boris]], [[Gaston|Gaston]], [[Linda|Linda]] and [[Rupes%20Boris|Rupes Boris]]. '''Rupes Boris''' refers to a minor step in elevation detected in the stereo mapping. The shadows in this photo make it appear more of a ridge. The large trench-like depression at one end of [[Rima%20Delisle|Rima Delisle]] is unnamed.<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Boris LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Delisle%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Delisle Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Boris LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Delisle%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Delisle Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  

Latest revision as of 03:13, 16 April 2018

Rupes Boris

Lat: 30.5°N, Long: 33.5°W, Length: 4 km, Height: km, Rükl: 9

external image normal_Boris-Area_AS15-M-2470_LTVT.JPG
AS15-M-2470 This small region northeast of Delisle was the subject of a Topophotomap which is the source of several IAU-approved minor feature names: Boris, Gaston, Linda and Rupes Boris. Rupes Boris refers to a minor step in elevation detected in the stereo mapping. The shadows in this photo make it appear more of a ridge. The large trench-like depression at one end of Rima Delisle is unnamed.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 39B2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map Topophotomap

Description

Rupes Boris is not a fault. It is a ridge that is part of the ejecta of the fresh crater Delisle. In any case this feature is too minor to warrant a name, much less a name that gives an incorrect classification.

Description: Wikipedia

Rupes Boris

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Named from nearby crater. (Boris)


LPOD Articles


Bibliography