Rupes Kelvin

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Rupes Kelvin
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Rupes Kelvin as recorded by Lunar Orbiter 5
Rupes Kelvin (moon equatorial region)
Rupes Kelvin
position 28.03 °  S , 33.17 °  W Coordinates: 28 ° 1 '48 "  S , 33 ° 10' 12"  W.
diameter 86 km
Named after Lord Kelvin
See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Rupes Kelvin is a 78 kilometer long demarcation on the moon at the selenographic coordinates 27.3 ° S, 33.1 ° W.

It is named after the nearby Promontory Kelvin (Cape Kelvin) on the edge of the Mare Humorum or the physicist Lord Kelvin .

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