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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ride Rupes
Clean Name Ride Rupes
Feature ID 16035
Target Pluto
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -14.00 °
Southmost Latitude -25.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 164.25 °
Westmost Longitude 162.35 °
Diameter 235.00 km
Center Latitude -19.66 °
Center Longitude 163.19 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 02, 2021
Continent North America
Culture United States
Origin Sally; American physicist, astronaut, and first American woman in space (1951-2012).
Reference [628] - Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space, by Lynn Sherr: Simon and Schuster, New York: 2014.
Updated Dec 16, 2021 9:35 PM

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