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Definition of Rimae

Rimae
Rima Ri"ma, n.; pl. Rim[ae]. [L.] (Anat.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.

Meaning of Rimae from wikipedia

- Aristarchus. Just to the north of Prinz is a system of rilles designated the Rimae Prinz. These are sinuous in nature and extend for up to 80 kilometers. The...
- found on lunar maria. These features form a cape or headland on a mare. Rimae (singular rima) are lunar rilles. These are escarpments in the surface....
- Rimae Sirsalis is a lunar rille. It is located at 15°42′S 61°42′W / 15.7°S 61.7°W / -15.7; -61.7 and is 426 km long. It was formed by extension of...
- central peak, but the floor is hilly and laced with a rille system named the Rimae Posidonius. The floor is also slightly bulged due to the past lava uplift...
- There is a group of rilles located to the west of the crater named the Rimae Bode. Its name comes from the name of the crater. By convention these features...
- Just to the northwest of Littrow is a system of rilles designated the Rimae Littrow. These are located at selenographic coordinates 22.1° N, 29.9° E...
- submerged by the mare. South of this feature is a system of linear rilles named Rimae Maestlin. The mare surface around Maestlin is dusted with ray material from...
- Rimae Secchi is a system of rilles on the Moon, in northwestern Mare Fecunditatis. They are approximately 40 km long and run along the s**** of the mare...
- contacts Rimae Herigonius. Oblique image also from Apollo 16 Regional map Most of the Rimae Herigonius and Herigonius K crater (below center). The rimae (rilles)...
- kilometers to the north of Hypatia is a system of linear rilles designated Rimae Hypatia, running about 180 kilometers across the Mare Tranquillitatis, and...