Rimae (rille systems)
Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
length |
Name Origin |
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| Rimae Alphonsus | 14.0°S | 02.0°W | 80 km | Within the crater Alphonsus | |
| Rimae Apollonius | 05.0°N | 53.0°E | 230 km | Named from nearby crater Apollonius | |
| Rimae Archimedes | 26.6°N | 04.1°W | 169 km | Named from nearby crater Archimedes | |
| Rimae Aristarchus | 26.9°N | 47.5°W | 121 km | Named from nearby Aristarchus | |
| Rimae Arzachel | 18.0°S | 2.0°W | 50 km | Within the crater Arzachel | |
| Rimae Atlas | 47.5°N | 43.6°E | 60 km | Within crater Atlas | |
| Rimae Bode | 10.0°N | 04.0°W | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Bode | |
| Rimae Boscovich | 09.8°N | 11.1°E | 40 km | Within crater Boscovich | |
| Rimae Chacornac | 29.0°N | 32.0°E | 120 km | Named from nearby crater Chacornac | |
| Rimae Daniell | 37.0°N | 26.0°E | 200 km | Named from nearby crater Daniell | |
| Rimae Darwin | 19.3°S | 69.5°W | 143 km | Named from nearby crater Darwin | |
| Rimae Doppelmayer | 25.9°S | 45.1°W | 162 km | Named from nearby crater Doppelmayer | |
| Rimae Focas | 28.0°S | 98.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Focas | |
| Rimae Fresnel | 28.0°N | 04.0°E | 90 km | Named from nearby crater Promontorium Freznel | |
| Rimae Gasparis | 24.6°S | 51.1°W | 93 km | Named from nearby crater De Gasparis | |
| Rimae Gassendi | 18.0°S | 40.0°W | 70 km | Within crater Gassendi | |
| Rimae Gerard | 46.0°N | 84.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Gerard | |
| Rimae Goclenius | 08.0°S | 43.0°E | 240 km | Named from nearby crater Goglenius | |
| Rimae Grimaldi | 09.0°N | 64.0°W | 230 km | Named from nearby crater Grimaldi | |
| Rimae Hypatia | 00.4°S | 22.4°E | 206 km | Named from nearby crater Hypatia | |
| Rimae Janssen | 45.6°S | 40.0°E | 114 km | Named from nearby crater Janssen | |
| Rimae Kopff | 17.4°S | 89.6°W | 41 km | Named from nearby crater Kopff | |
| Rimae Liebig | 20.0°S | 45.0°W | 140 km | Named from nearby crater Liebig | |
| Rimae Littrow | 22.1°N | 29.9°E | 115 km | Named from nearby crater Littrow | |
| Rimae Maclear | 13.0°S | 20.0°E | 110 km | Named from nearby crater Maclear | |
| Rimae Maestlin | 02.0°N | 40.0°W | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Maestlin | |
| Rimae Maupertuis | 52.0°N | 23.0°W | 84 km | Named from nearby crater Maupertuis | |
| Rimae Menelaus | 17.2°N |
17.9°E | 131 km | Named from nearby crater Menelaus | |
| Rimae Mersenius | 21.5°S | 49.2°W | 84 km | Named from nearby crater Mersenius | |
| Rimae Opelt | 13.0°S | 18.0°W | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Opelt | |
| Rimae Palmieri | 28.0°S | 47.0°W | 150 km | Named fro m nearby crater Palmieri | |
| Rimae Parry | 06.1°S | 16.8°W | 82 km | Named from nearby crater Parry | |
| Rimae Petavius | 25.9°S | 58.9°E | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Petavius | |
| Rimae Pettit | 23.0°S | 92.0°W | 450 km | Named from nearby crater Pettit | |
| Rimae Pitatus | 28.5°S | 13.8°W | 94 km | Named from nearby crater Pitatus | |
| Rimae Plato | 52.9°N | 03.2°W | 87 km | Named from nearby crater Plato | |
| Rimae Plinius | 17.9°N | 23.6°E | 124 km | Named from nearby crater Plinius | |
| Rimae Posidonius | 32.0°N | 28.7°E | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Posidonius | |
| Rimae Prinz | 27.0°N | 43.0°W | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Prinz | |
| Rimae Ramsden | 33.9°S | 31.4°W | 108 km | Named from nearby crater Ramsden | |
| Rimae Repsold | 50.6°N | 81.7°W | 106 km | Named from nearby crater Repsold | |
| Rimae Riccioli | 02.0°N | 74.0°W | 400 km | Named from nearby crater Riccioli | |
| Rimae Ritter | 03.0°N | 18.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Ritter | |
| Rimae Römer | 27.0°N | 35.0°W | 110 km | Named from nearby crater Römer | |
| Rimae Secchi | 01.0°N | 44.0°W | 35 km | Named from nearby crater Secchi | |
| Rimae Sirsalis | 15.7°S | 61.7°W | 426 km | Named from nearby crater Sirsalis | |
| Rimae Sosigenes | 08.6°N | 18.7°E | 190 km | Named from nearby crater Sosigenes | |
| Rimae Sulpicius Gallus | 21.0°N | 10.0°E | 90 km | Named from nearby crater Sulpicius Gallus | |
| Rimae Taruntius | 05.5°N | 46.5°E | 25 km | Named from nearby crater Taruntius | |
| Rimae Theaetetus | 33.0°N | 06.0°E | 50 km | Named from nearby crater Theaetetus |
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| Rimae Triesnecker | 04.3°N | 04.6°E | 215 km | Named from nearby crater Triesnecker |
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| Rimae Vasco da Gama | 10.0°N | 82.0°E | 60 km | Named from nearby crater Vasco da Gama |
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| Rimae Zupus | 15.0°S | 53.0°W | 120 km | Named from nearby crater Zupus |
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