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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rimae Plinius
Clean Name Rimae Plinius
Feature ID 5132
Target Moon
Feature Type Rima, rimae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 18.15 °
Southmost Latitude 16.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 24.89 °
Westmost Longitude 21.56 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude 17.05 °
Center Longitude 23.14 °
Northmost Latitude 18.09 °
Southmost Latitude 16.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 24.85 °
Westmost Longitude 21.56 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude 17.05 °
Center Longitude 23.14 °
Northmost Latitude 19.00 °
Southmost Latitude 17.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 25.90 °
Westmost Longitude 21.50 °
Diameter 124.00 km
Center Latitude 17.90 °
Center Longitude 23.60 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
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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