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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rima Marius
Clean Name Rima Marius
Feature ID 5072
Target Moon
Feature Type Rima, rimae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 17.85 °
Southmost Latitude 14.51 °
Eastmost Longitude -47.78 °
Westmost Longitude -52.84 °
Diameter 283.54 km
Center Latitude 16.37 °
Center Longitude -49.54 °
Northmost Latitude 17.83 °
Southmost Latitude 14.50 °
Eastmost Longitude -47.77 °
Westmost Longitude -52.87 °
Diameter 283.54 km
Center Latitude 16.36 °
Center Longitude -49.54 °
Northmost Latitude 17.00 °
Southmost Latitude 15.30 °
Eastmost Longitude -48.00 °
Westmost Longitude -51.30 °
Diameter 121.00 km
Center Latitude 16.50 °
Center Longitude -48.90 °
Quad LAC-39 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Named from nearby crater.
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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