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International Astronomical Union: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Moon Nomenclature: Rupes

See RUPES in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

 
 

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Rupes Altai       24.3S   22.6E      427.0  AS  MO  96      LAC        5  1961   67  RU  Named from terrestrial           
                                                                                         Altai Mountains.                   
Rupes Boris       30.5N   33.5W        4.0  UR  RU  39B2    S2         5  1985    0  RU  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rupes Cauchy       9.0N   37.0E      120.0  EU  FR  061A3   LTO        5  1964   67  RU  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rupes Kelvin      27.3S   33.1W       78.0  EU  SC  2       LOC        5  1964   67  RU  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         promontorium.                      
Rupes Liebig      25.0S   46.0W      180.0  EU  GE  2       LOC        5  1964   67  RU  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rupes Mercator    31.0S   22.3W       93.0  EU  BE  2       LOC        5  1985    0  RU  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rupes Recta       22.1S    7.8W      134.0  EU  LA  95      LAC        5  1961   67  RU  Latin for "straight              
                                                                                         cliff" (The straight               
                                                                                         wall).                             
Rupes             27.4N   47.5W       70.0  EU  IT  039A4   LTO        5  1985    0  RU  Named from nearby                
Toscanelli                                                                               crater.                            
 

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