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Rimac Automobili
Rimac Automobili is a Croatian manufacturer of electric hypercars and automotive technology, founded by Mate Rimac in 2009, which merged its car business with Bugatti in 2021.
Rimac Concept One
The Rimac Concept One, also called the Concept 1, is a Croatian all-electric hypercar with four motors, one per wheel, built in eight units from 2016.
Rimac Nevera
The Rimac Nevera, formerly the Rimac C Two, is an all-electric two-seat hypercar built in Croatia by Rimac Automobili, unveiled in 2021 with 1914 hp and a 258 mph top speed.
Rimae Alphonsus
Rimae Alphonsus, a lunar rille system (rima/rimae) inside the crater Alphonsus on the Moon's near side; 87 km diameter, centered at 13.40S, 1.94W, IAU-named 1964, studied via Ranger 9 imagery.
Rimae Apollonius
Rimae Apollonius is an IAU-approved lunar rille system near the crater Apollonius, centered at 4.39°N, 54.33°E, 89.64 km across, adopted in 1964 and named from the nearby crater.
Rimae Archimedes
Rimae Archimedes is a system of lunar rilles south of the 82-km crater Archimedes, centered at 26.34°N, 4.53°W, spanning about 215 km; IAU-approved in 1964 and named from the nearby crater.
Rimae Aristarchus
Rimae Aristarchus, a 175-km system of lunar sinuous rilles on the Aristarchus Plateau in Oceanus Procellarum, includes Vallis Schröteri, the Moon's largest rille, with rilles dated 3.77 to 1.49 Ga.
Rimae Bode
Rimae Bode, a 233-km lunar sinuous rille system near Sinus Aestuum on the central nearside Moon, with a ~7,000 km2 fire-fountaining dark mantle deposit; a priority candidate site for China's first crewed lunar landing around 2030.
Rimae Chacornac
Rimae Chacornac is a 100 km system of linear graben rilles on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis on the Moon, crossing crater Chacornac toward Le Monnier; IAU-named 1964, formed by Serenitatis basin subsidence, in three parts I, II, III.
Rimae Daniell
Rimae Daniell, a 140-km-wide IAU-named group of arcuate lunar rilles at 37.53°N, 24.33°E on the nearside, named in 1964 from the nearby crater Daniell and studied as a graben and pit-crater system.
Rimae Darwin
Rimae Darwin is a system of lunar rilles near the crater Darwin on the Moon's southwestern near side, IAU-approved in 1964, about 170 km across at 19.84°S 66.66°W, cut at right angles by the younger Rima Sirsalis.
Rimae Fresnel
Rimae Fresnel, a system of lunar rilles near Promontorium Fresnel at about 28.1N, 3.7E on the Moon's near side; IAU-approved 1964, diameter about 75 km, mapped in quadrangle LAC-41.
Rimae Gerard
Rimae Gerard is a system of rilles, long narrow channels, on the Moon's northwestern limb near the crater Gerard, its namesake, approved by the IAU in 1985.
Rimae Goclenius
Rimae Goclenius, a lunar rille system in western Mare Fecunditatis near Goclenius crater, IAU-named 1964, about 190-250 km long, mixing sinuous lava-cut and straight linear rilles.
Rimae Grimaldi
Rimae Grimaldi is an IAU-named (1964) system of linear lunar rilles, up to 230 km long and 2 km wide, running along the southeastern inner wall of the Grimaldi impact basin near the Moon's western limb.
Rimae Gutenberg
Rimae Gutenberg, a system of lunar rilles near crater Gutenberg on the Moon's nearside, IAU-approved 1964, 223–330 km extent, centered at −4.42°, 36.42°E, related to Rimae Goclenius.
Rimae Hase
Rimae Hase, a 257.24 km system of lunar rilles (rimae) at 34.71°S, 67.78°E on the Moon, IAU-approved in 1985 and named from the nearby crater Hase.
Rimae Herigonius
Rimae Herigonius (Rima Herigonius) is a 180-km lunar sinuous rille system at 13.92S, 36.75W in southern Oceanus Procellarum near Gassendi, a volcanic vent channel structurally controlled by Mare Humorum tectonics.
Rimae Hevelius
Rimae Hevelius is an IAU-approved lunar rille system (180 km diameter, centered 0.81°N, 66.38°W) near crater Hevelius, named 1964 for Johannes Hevelius, the 17th-century lunar cartographer.
Rimae Hippalus
Rimae Hippalus is a system of arcuate rilles, or graben valleys, on the Moon, curving along the southeastern margin of the Humorum basin near Mare Humorum.
Rimae Hypatia
Rimae Hypatia is a system of broad linear rilles (grabens) on the Moon's near side, on the border of Mare Tranquillitatis and Sinus Asperitatis near the Apollo 11 site; IAU-named 1964, about 200 km across, roughly 3.6 billion years old.
Rimae Janssen
Rimae Janssen is a 120-km lunar rille system on the floor of the degraded crater Janssen in the Moon's southeastern highlands, IAU-named in 1964, curving from Fabricius toward the southern rim.
Rimae Kopff
Rimae Kopff is an IAU-approved system of lunar rilles (rimae), 250 km across, centered at -14.68, -88.10 near crater Kopff in the Orientale region; named from the nearby crater, adopted 1985.
Rimae Littrow
Rimae Littrow, a lunar rille system near Littrow Crater on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis, IAU-approved 1964, 165 km across, beside the Apollo 17 Taurus-Littrow landing valley.
Rimae Maclear
Rimae Maclear is a 94-km lunar rille system in southern Mare Tranquillitatis near crater Maclear, IAU-approved 1964, centered at 12.23°N, 19.90°E, with nearby irregular mare patches Maclear-4 and Maclear-5.
Rimae Maestlin
Rimae Maestlin is a network of linear lunar rilles about 80 km long in Oceanus Procellarum, near Kepler and Flamsteed, named from the crater honoring astronomer Michael Maestlin.
Rimae Menelaus
Rimae Menelaus, a system of linear lunar rilles on the southern edge of Mare Serenitatis near crater Menelaus, IAU-named 1978, about 87-131 km long, formed by mare-edge subsidence and linked to pyroclastic domes.
Rimae Mersenius
Rimae Mersenius is a lunar rille system east of the crater Mersenius on the shore of Mare Humorum, about 21.5S 49.2W, IAU-approved 1985, roughly parallel rilles running about 230 km, formed as lava channels or collapsed lava tubes.
Rimae Parry
Rimae Parry, a lunar rille system near crater Parry in the Fra Mauro region, includes Rima Parry V, a graben interpreted as the surface expression of a shallow magma dike with pyroclastic cones.
Rimae Petavius
Rimae Petavius, a lunar rille system, IAU name approved 1964, on the floor of the ~180 km floor-fractured crater Petavius near Mare Fecunditatis; main rille crosses the central peak, formed by post-impact magmatism.