Rimae Menelaus
| Rimae Menelaus | ||
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| Menelaus with Rimae Menelaus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 17.03 ° N , 18.12 ° E | |
| diameter | 87 km | |
| Named after | Menelaus (approx. 70 - approx. 140) | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Rimae Menelaus is a system of lunar grooves that extends north of the Menelaus crater in the Mare Serenitatis plain .
They were named in 1978 by the IAU after the crater of the same name or the Greek astronomer and mathematician Menelaus .
Web links
- Rimae Menelaus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Rimae Menelaus on The-Moon Wiki