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Rima Louville
Rima Louville, a lunar sinuous rille in northern Oceanus Procellarum near the Chang'e-5 site; IAU-named 2021 for Chevalier de Louville; ~80 km long, ~190 m wide, ~7 m deep; oldest of the Rima Sharp system rilles.
Rima Mairan
Rima Mairan is a ~120 km lunar sinuous rille in northern Oceanus Procellarum, a branch of the Rima Sharp system rising from the South Vent near the Mairan domes, IAU-named 1985, formed about 1.0–1.4 Ga.
Rima Marius
Rima Marius (Rima Marius) is a roughly 120–250 km sinuous rille in Oceanus Procellarum near the Marius Hills, formed as a lava tube in a sheet flow then eroded by thermal and mechanical downcutting.
Rima Messier
Rima Messier is a sinuous rille on Mare Fecunditatis, Moon, northwest of the Messier and Messier A craters; IAU-approved 1964, about 74 km long, centered near 0.76°S 44.55°E.
Rima Milichius
Rima Milichius, a sinuous rille on the Moon near crater Milichius in Mare Insularum, IAU-approved 1985, about 110 km long, of volcanic lava-channel or lava-tube origin.
Rima Oppolzer
Rima Oppolzer is a 94.20-km-long lunar rille on the southern border of Sinus Medii, IAU-approved in 1964 and named from the nearby crater Oppolzer; about 3.8 Ga old and grouped with linear rilles, it may connect tectonically with Rima Flammarion.
Rima Sharp
Rima Sharp, a lunar sinuous rille system in northern Oceanus Procellarum, once mapped as the Moon's longest rille (~566 km) but shown to comprise the 320 km Rima Sharp and 150 km Rima Mairan, source of Chang'e-5 samples.
Rima Sheepshanks
Rima Sheepshanks is a lunar rille at 58.0N, 24.0E, 200 km long, IAU-approved 1985, named from nearby crater Sheepshanks honoring Anne Sheepshanks (1789-1876), a British astronomy benefactor.
Rima Suess
Rima Suess, a lunar sinuous rille in Oceanus Procellarum between the Marius Hills and Kepler crater, about 165 km long, named 1985 from the nearby crater Suess, likely carved by lava erosion or a collapsed lava tube.
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.