Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Rima Sharp
Clean Name	Rima Sharp
Feature ID	5080
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Rima, rimae

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	48.54 °
Southmost Latitude	42.36 °
Eastmost Longitude	-47.84 °
Westmost Longitude	-51.48 °
Diameter	276.67 km
Center Latitude	46.02 °
Center Longitude	-50.36 °
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Southmost Latitude	42.35 °
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Westmost Longitude	-51.48 °
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Center Latitude	46.14 °
Center Longitude	-50.26 °
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Southmost Latitude	44.80 °
Eastmost Longitude	-50.40 °
Westmost Longitude	-50.80 °
Diameter	107.00 km
Center Latitude	46.70 °
Center Longitude	-50.50 °
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Quad	LAC-23 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1964
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Great Britain
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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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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