Dorsum Cushman
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| Dorsum Cushman (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 1.41 ° N , 49.19 ° E | |
| diameter | 86 km | |
| Named after | Joseph Augustine Cushman | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Dorsum Cushman is a 80 km long dorsum on the Earth's moon . It is located in Mare Fecunditatis , southwest of the Taruntius crater , to which it runs radially.
The ridge of the sea was named after the American micropalaeontologist Joseph Augustine Cushman in 1976 .
See also
Web links
- Dorsum Cushman on The-Moon Wiki