Dorsa Lister
Dorsa Lister | ||
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Dorsa Lister with Dorsum Nicol ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 19.76 ° N , 23.52 ° E | |
diameter | 180 km | |
Named after | Martin Lister | |
See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |
The Dorsa Lister is a group of Dorsa of the Earth's Moon . It is about 203 km long and lies in the plain of the Mare Serenitatis , north of the Pliny crater . They form a large arch that begins in the west at the Bessel crater , runs in a south-easterly direction until it touches Dorsum Nicol in the south and then turns to the north-east and disappears west of Bessel .
It was named in 1976 after the British geologist and zoologist Martin Lister .
Web links
- Dorsa Lister on The-Moon Wiki