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International Astronomical Union: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Moon Nomenclature: Dorsum

See DORSUM in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

 
 

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Dorsa             24.0N   28.5E      136.0  EU  IT  042B3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Italian Earth scientist          
Aldrovandi                                                                               (1522-1605).                       
Dorsa Andrusov     1.0S   57.0E      160.0  UR  SO  080A2   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Nicolai I.; Soviet               
                                                                                         geologist (1861-1924).             
Dorsa Argand      28.1N   40.6W      109.0  EU  SZ  039A3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Emile; Swiss Earth               
                                                                                         scientist (1879-1940).             
Dorsa Barlow      15.0N   31.0E      120.0  EU  GB  061A1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  William; British                 
                                                                                         crystallographer                   
                                                                                         (1845-1934).                       
Dorsa Burnet      28.4N   57.0W      194.0  EU  GB  038B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Thomas; British Earth            
                                                                                         scientist (1635-1715).             
Dorsa Cato         1.0N   47.0E      140.0  EU  RM  061C3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Marcus Porcius; Roman            
                                                                                         geological engineer                
                                                                                         (234-149 B.C.).                    
Dorsa Dana         3.0N   90.0E       70.0  NA  AM  064D4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  James D.; American Earth         
                                                                                         scientist (1813-1895).             
Dorsa Ewing       10.2S   39.4W      141.0  NA  AM  075C1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  William Maurice; American        
                                                                                         geophysicist                       
                                                                                         (1906-1974).                       
Dorsa Geikie       4.6S   52.5E      228.0  EU  SC  080A1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Sir Archibald; Scottish          
                                                                                         geologist (1835-1924).             
Dorsa Harker      14.5N   64.0E      197.0  EU  GB  062B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Alfred; British                  
                                                                                         petrologist (1859-1939).           
Dorsa Lister      20.3N   23.8E      203.0  EU  GB  042C1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Martin; British                  
                                                                                         stratigrapher, zoologist           
                                                                                         (1638-1712).                       

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Dorsa Mawson       7.0S   53.0E      132.0  OC  AU                     5  1979    0  DO  Douglas;                         
                                                                                         English-Australian                 
                                                                                         Antarctic explorer                 
                                                                                         (1882-1958).                       
Dorsa Rubey       10.0S   42.0W      100.0  NA  AM  075D2   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  William Walden; American         
                                                                                         geologist (1898-1974).             
Dorsa Smirnov     27.3N   25.3E      156.0  UR  SO  042B3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Sergei S.; Soviet Earth          
                                                                                         scientist (1895-1947).             
Dorsa Sorby       19.0N   14.0E       80.0  EU  GB  042D4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Henry C.; British Earth          
                                                                                         scientist (1826-1908).             
Dorsa Stille      27.0N   19.0W       80.0  EU  GE  040B4   LTO        5  1976   66  DO  Hans; German Earth               
                                                                                         scientist (1876-1966).             
Dorsa Tetyaev     19.9N   64.2E      176.0  UR  SO  3       LOC        5  1979    0  DO  Mikhail Mikhailovich;            
                                                                                         Soviet geologist                   
                                                                                         (1882-1956).                       
Dorsa Whiston     29.4N   56.4W       85.0  EU  GB  038B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  William; British                 
                                                                                         mathematician, astronomer          
                                                                                         (1667-1752).                       
Dorsum Arduino    24.9N   35.8W      107.0  EU  IT  039B4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Giovanni; Italian Earth          
                                                                                         scientist (1713-1795).             
Dorsum Azara      26.7N   19.2E      105.0  EU  SP  042A3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Felix De; Spanish Earth          
                                                                                         scientist (1746-1811).             
Dorsum Bucher     31.0N   39.0W       90.0  EU  SZ  039B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  W. H.; Swiss Earth               
                                                                                         scientist (1889-1965).             
Dorsum Buckland   20.4N   12.8E      380.0  EU  GB  041C2   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  William; British Earth           
                                                                                         scientist (1784-1856).             

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Dorsum Cayeux      1.6N   51.2E       84.0  EU  FR  062D4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Lucien; French                   
                                                                                         sedimentary petrographer           
                                                                                         (1864-1944).                       
Dorsum Cloos       1.0N   91.0E      100.0  EU  GE  064D4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Hans; German Earth               
                                                                                         scientist (1885-1951).             
Dorsum Cushman     1.0N   49.0E       80.0  NA  AM  061C3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  J. A.; American                  
                                                                                         micropaleontologist                
                                                                                         (1881-1949).                       
Dorsum Gast       24.0N    9.0E       60.0  NA  AM  041B3   LTO        5  1973    0  DO  Paul Werner; American            
                                                                                         geochemist, geologist              
                                                                                         (1930-1973).                       
Dorsum Grabau     29.4N   15.9W      121.0  NA  AM  040B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Amadeus W.; American             
                                                                                         Earth scientist                    
                                                                                         (1870-1946).                       
Dorsum Guettard   10.0S   18.0W       40.0  EU  FR  076C1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Jean-Etienne; French             
                                                                                         geologist, mineralogist            
                                                                                         (1715-1786).                       
Dorsum Heim       32.0N   29.8W      148.0  EU  SZ  040A1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Heim, Albert; Swiss Earth        
                                                                                         scientist (1849-1937).             
Dorsum Higazy     28.0N   17.0W       60.0  AF  EG  040B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Riad; Egyptian Earth             
                                                                                         scientist (1919-1967).             
[Dorsum           25.8N   21.0W       30.0  EU  GE  040B4   LTO        6  0       0  DO  Johann Heinrich; German          
Lambert]                                                                                 astronomer.                        
Dorsum Nicol      18.0N   23.0E       50.0  EU  SC  042C4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  William; Scottish                
                                                                                         physicist (1768-1851).             

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Dorsum Niggli     29.0N   52.0W       50.0  EU  SZ  038B2   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Paul; Swiss Earth                
                                                                                         scientist (1888-1953).             
Dorsum Oppel      18.7N   52.6E      268.0  EU  GE  044D4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Albert; German                   
                                                                                         palaeontologist                    
                                                                                         (1831-1865).                       
Dorsum Owen       25.0N   11.0E       50.0  EU  GB  042A4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  George; British Earth            
                                                                                         scientist (1552-1613).             
Dorsum Scilla     32.8N   60.4W      108.0  EU  IT  038B1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Agostino; Italian                
                                                                                         geologist (1639-1700).             
Dorsum Termier    11.0N   58.0E       90.0  EU  FR  062A3   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Pierre-Marie; French             
                                                                                         geologist (1859-1930).             
Dorsum Thera      24.4N   31.4W        7.0  EU  GR  39B3    S1         5  1976    0  DO  Greek female name.               
Dorsum Von        23.2N   11.9E      199.0  EU  GE  042A4   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Carl Bernard; German             
Cotta                                                                                    Earth scientist                    
                                                                                         (1808-1879).                       
Dorsum Zirkel     28.1N   23.5W      193.0  EU  GE  040A1   LTO        5  1976    0  DO  Ferdinand; German                
                                                                                         geologist, mineralogist            
                                                                                         (1838-1912).                       
 

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