Montes Riphaeus
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| position | 7.48 ° S , 27.6 ° W | |
| diameter | 190 km | |
| Named after | Ripples | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Montes Riphaeus ( Latin for "Riphae Mountains") is a rugged mountain range on the Earth's moon .
It is located on the western resp. north-western edge of Mare Cognitum at the southeast end of Oceanus Procellarum . The ridge runs mainly from north to northeast or from north-northeast to south-southwest.
The mountain range is located at the geographic coordinates 7.7 ° S, 28.1 ° W. The diameter is 190 km. About 100 km north is the Lansberg crater .
It is named after an ancient mountain range that is not reliably localized, see Riphee .
See also
Web links
- Montes Riphaeus on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [1]