Rima Ariadaeus

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Rima Ariadaeus as photographed from Apollo 10. The crater to the south of the rille in the left half of the image is Silberschlag crater. The dark patch at the top right is the floor of Boscovich crater.

Rima Ariadaeus is a linear rille on the Moon at 6.4° N 14.0° E. It is named after the crater Ariadaeus, which marks its eastern end. Over 300 kilometers long, it is thought to have been formed when a section of the Moon's crust sank down between two parallel fault lines (making it a graben or fault trough). It is a relatively young lunar feature, with few craters or other features overlying it.

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• AS10-31-4645. Retrieved on 2006-11-01. from NASA SP-362, Page 207, Figure 217.
• A A Lunar Rille. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. from NASA.