Rima Reiko

Rima Reiko
	Rima Reiko and surroundings (photo Apollo 17 )
position	18.55 ° N , 27.7 ° E Coordinates: 18 ° 33 '0 " N , 27 ° 42' 0" E
diameter	4 km
Named after	Japanese female name
	See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Rima Reiko is a very small lunar groove on the Earth's moon , in the plain of the Mare Serenitatis , northeast of the Dawes crater .

The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 42C3 / S2 of the Topophotomap map series from NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

Rima Reiko in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Rima Reiko on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S2
^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977

[1] Topophotomap 42C3 / S2

[2] Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977