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Moon Nomenclature: Rima

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

Rima              20.0S   28.0W       50.0  EU  GR  94      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Agatharchides                                                                            crater.                            
Rima Agricola     29.0N   53.0W      110.0  EU  LA  038B2   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         Montes.                            
Rima Archytas     53.0N    3.0E       90.0  EU  GR  12      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Ariadaeus     6.4N   14.0E      250.0  EU  LA  60      LAC        5  1961   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima              27.0N   39.0W       70.0  UR  SO  039B4   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
Artsimovich                                                                              crater.                            
Rima Billy        15.0S   48.0W       70.0  EU  FR  75,93   LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Birt         21.0S    9.0W       50.0  EU  GB  95      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Bradley      23.8N    1.2W      161.0  EU  GB  041B4   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby Mons.          
Rima Brayley      21.4N   37.5W      311.0  EU  GB  039C1   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Calippus     37.0N   13.0E       40.0  EU  GR  26      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Cardanus     11.4N   71.5W      175.0  EU  IT  1       LOC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Carmen       19.8N   29.3E       10.0  EU  SP  42C3               5  1976    0  RI  Spanish female name.             
Rima Cauchy       10.5N   38.0E      140.0  EU  FR  61      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Cleomedes    27.0N   57.0E       80.0  EU  GR  44      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   

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

Rima Cleopatra    30.0N   53.8W       14.0  EU  GR  38B2    S1         5  1976    0  RI  Greek female name.               
Rima Conon        18.6N    2.0E       30.0  EU  GR  041C4   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Dawes        17.5N   26.6E       15.0  EU  GB  42C3    S4         5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Delisle      31.0N   32.0W       60.0  EU  FR  039B2   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Diophantus   29.0N   33.0W      150.0  EU  GR  039B2   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Draper       18.0N   25.0W      160.0  NA  AM  1       LMP        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Euler        21.0N   31.0W       90.0  EU  SZ  39C2    S1         5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Flammarion    2.8S    5.6W       80.0  EU  FR  77      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Furnerius    35.0S   61.0E       50.0  EU  FR  1       LMP        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rima G. Bond      33.3N   35.5E      168.0  NA  AM  27      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Galilaei     11.9N   58.5W       89.0  EU  IT  1       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima G\:artner    59.0N   36.0E       30.0  EU  GE  13      LAC        5  1964   66  RI  Within crater.                   
Rima Gay-Lussac   13.0N   22.0W       40.0  EU  FR  58      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Hadley       25.0N    3.0E       80.0  EU  GB  041B4   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby Mons.          
Rima Hansteen     12.0S   53.0W       25.0  EU  SW  74      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            

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

[Rima Hase]       29.4S   62.5E       83.0  EU  GE          LMP        6  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Hesiodus     30.0S   20.0W      256.0  EU  GR  94      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Hyginus       7.4N    7.8E      219.0  EU  SP  59      LAC        5  1961   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Jansen       14.5N   29.0E       35.0  EU  DU  060B2   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Krieger      29.0N   45.6W       22.0  EU  GE  039A1   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rima Laplace]    48.0N   26.0W      130.0  EU  FR  1       LMP        6  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         Promontorium.                      
Rima Mairan       38.0N   47.0W       90.0  EU  FR                     5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Marcello     18.6N   27.7E        2.0  EU  IT  42C3    S2         5  1976    0  RI  Italian male name.               
[Rima Marco       15.4N    2.0W       28.0  EU  IT  59      LAC        6  1985    0  RI  Belongs to Rima Bode             
Polo]                                                                                    system.                            
Rima Marius       16.5N   48.9W      121.0  EU  GE  39      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Messier       1.0S   45.0E      100.0  EU  FR  079B2   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Milichius     8.0N   33.0W      100.0  EU  GE  2       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rima Newcomb]    29.9N   43.8E       41.0  NA  CA  43      LAC        6  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            

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

Rima Oppolzer      1.7S    1.0E       94.0  EU  CZ  77      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rima              9.2S    1.8W      153.0  AF  EG  77      LAC        6  1985    0  RI  A Catena, not a Rima.            
Ptolemaeus]                                                                                                             
Rima R\'eaumur     3.0S    3.0E       30.0  EU  FR  77      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Reiko        18.6N   27.7E        2.0  AS  JA  42C3    S2         5  1976    0  RI  Japanese female name.            
Rima Rudolf       19.6N   29.6E        8.0  EU  GE  142C3   S3         5  1976    0  RI  German male name.                
Rima Schr\:oter    1.0N    6.0W       40.0  EU  GE  59D     AIC        5  1964    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rima             26.0N   51.0W      150.0  EU  GE  38B3    LTO        6  1964   67  RI  Erroneous name for Vallis        
Schr\:oter]                                                                              Schr\:oter on LTO 38B3.            
Rima Sharp        46.7N   50.5W      107.0  EU  GB  23      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima              58.0N   24.0E      200.0  EU  GB  13      LAC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
Sheepshanks                                                                              crater.                            
Rima Siegfried    25.9S  103.0E       14.0  EU  GE  100C1   S1         5  1976    0  RI  German male name.                
Rima Suess         6.7N   48.2W      165.0  EU  AS  2       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Sung-Mei     24.6N   11.3E        4.0  AS  CH  42A4    S2         5  1985    0  RI  Chinese female name; part        
                                                                                         of [Lorca].                        
Rima T. Mayer     13.0N   31.0W       50.0  EU  GE                     5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Vladimir     25.2N    0.7W       14.0  EU  SL  41A3    S1         5  1979  109  RI  Slavic male name.                
Rima Wan-Yu       20.0N   31.5W       12.0  AS  CH  39C2    S1         5  1976    0  RI  Chinese female name.             

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

[Rima              6.1S   85.5E       46.0  EU  GE  103B2   LTO        6  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
Widmannstatten]                                                                          crater.                            
Rima Yangel'      16.7N    4.6E       30.0  UR  SO  41C3    LTO        5  1978    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rima Zahia        25.0N   29.5W       16.0  AS  AR  39B3    S1         5  1976    0  RI  Arabic female name.              
Rimae Alphonsus   14.0S    2.0W       80.0  EU  LA  77      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater of same            
                                                                                         name.                              
Rimae              5.0N   53.0E      230.0  EU  LA  62      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Apollonius                                                                               crater.                            
Rimae             26.6N    4.1W      169.0  EU  GR  41      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Archimedes                                                                               crater.                            
Rimae             26.9N   47.5W      121.0  EU  GR  039A4   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Aristarchus                                                                              crater.                            
Rimae Arzachel    18.0S    2.0W       50.0  EU  SP  95      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae Atlas       47.5N   43.6E       60.0  EU  GR  27      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae Bode        10.0N    4.0W       70.0  EU  GE  59      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Boscovich    9.8N   11.1E       40.0  EU  IT  60      LM         5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae B\:urg      44.5N   23.8E      147.0  EU  AS  26      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Chacornac   29.0N   32.0E      120.0  EU  FR  43      LAC        5  1964   66  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Daniell     37.0N   26.0E      200.0  EU  GB  26      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Darwin      19.3S   69.5W      143.0  EU  GB  92      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            

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

Rimae de          24.6S   51.1W       93.0  EU  IT  92      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Gasparis                                                                                 crater.                            
Rimae             25.9S   45.1W      162.0  EU  GE  1       LOC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Doppelmayer                                                                              crater.                            
Rimae Focas       28.0S   98.0W      100.0  EU  FR  1       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Fresnel     28.0N    4.0E       90.0  EU  FR  041B4   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         promontorium.                      
Rimae Gassendi    18.0S   40.0W       70.0  EU  FR  93      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae Gerard      46.0N   84.0W      100.0  EU  GB                     5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Goclenius    8.0S   43.0E      240.0  EU  GE  79      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rimae            25.1N  105.0W       36.0  UR  RU  1       LOC        6  1985    0  RI  Part of Rimae Pettit.            
Golitsyn]                                                                                                               
Rimae Grimaldi     9.0S   64.0W      230.0  EU  IT  74      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Gutenberg    5.0S   38.0E      330.0  EU  GE  2       LOC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rimae Hase]      29.4S   62.5E       83.0  EU  GE  1       LMP        6  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae             13.0S   37.0W      100.0  EU  FR  75C4    S1         5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Herigonius                                                                               crater.                            
Rimae Hevelius     1.0N   68.0W      182.0  EU  PO  56      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            

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

Rimae Hippalus    25.5S   29.2W      191.0  EU  GR  94      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Hypatia      0.4S   22.4E      206.0  AF  EG  2       LOC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Janssen     45.6S   40.0E      114.0  EU  FR  114     LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae Kopff       17.4S   89.6W       41.0  EU  GE  1       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Liebig      20.0S   45.0W      140.0  EU  GE  93      LAC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Littrow     22.1N   29.9E      115.0  EU  CZ  43      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Maclear     13.0N   20.0E      110.0  EU  IR  60      LM         5  1964  161  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Maestlin     2.0N   40.0W       80.0  EU  GE                     5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae             52.0N   23.0W       60.0  EU  FR                     5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
Maupertuis                                                                               crater.                            
Rimae Menelaus    17.2N   17.9E      131.0  EU  GR  2       LOC        5  1978    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Mersenius   21.5S   49.2W       84.0  EU  FR  93D3    LAC        5  1985   66  RI  Named for nearby crater.         
Rimae Opelt       13.0S   18.0W       70.0  EU  GE  76      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Palmieri    28.0S   47.0W      150.0  EU  IT  73      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Parry        6.1S   16.8W       82.0  EU  GB  2       LOC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            

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

Rimae Petavius    25.9S   58.9E       80.0  EU  FR  98      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae Pettit      23.0S   92.0W      450.0  NA  AM  1       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Pitatus     28.5S   13.8W       94.0  EU  IT  94      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae Plato       52.9N    3.2W       87.0  EU  GR  12      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Plinius     17.9N   23.6E      124.0  EU  RM  042C3   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae             32.0N   28.7E       70.0  EU  GR  42      LM         5  1964   67  RI  Within crater.                   
Posidonius                                                                                                              
Rimae Prinz       27.0N   43.0W       80.0  EU  GE  039A3   LTO        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Ramsden     33.9S   31.4W      108.0  EU  GB  111     LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Repsold     50.6N   81.7W      166.0  EU  GE  3       LMP        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Riccioli     2.0S   74.0W      400.0  EU  IT  1       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Ritter       3.0N   18.0E      100.0  EU  GE  60      LM         5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae R\:omer     27.0N   35.0E      110.0  EU  DE  43      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Secchi       1.0N   44.0E       35.0  EU  IT  61      LAC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Rimae Sirsalis    15.7S   61.7W      426.0  EU  IT  92      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            

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

Rimae Sosigenes    8.6N   18.7E      190.0  EU  GR  60      LM         5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
[Rimae Stadius]   10.5N   13.7W       69.0  EU  BE  58      LAC        6  1985    0  RI  A Catena, not a Rima.            
Rimae Sulpicius   21.0N   10.0E       90.0  EU  RM  2       LOC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Gallus                                                                                   crater.                            
Rimae Taruntius    5.5N   46.5E       25.0  EU  RM  061C2   LTO        5  1985    0  RI  Within crater.                   
Rimae             33.0N    6.0E       50.0  EU  GR  25      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Theaetetus                                                                               crater.                            
Rimae              4.3N    4.6E      215.0  EU  AS  59      LAC        5  1964   67  RI  Named from nearby                
Triesnecker                                                                              crater.                            
Rimae Vasco da    10.0N   82.0W       60.0  EU  PG  1       LOC        5  1985    0  RI  Named from nearby                
Gama                                                                                     crater.                            
Rimae Zupus       15.0S   53.0W      120.0  EU  IT  92      LAC        5  1976    0  RI  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
 

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