Dorsa Cato

Slightly oblique view from Apollo 11, with north at the right. The crater in lower left is Messier B.

Dorsa Cato is a wrinkle ridge at 1°00′N 47°00′E / 1.0°N 47.0°E / 1.0; 47.0 on the Moon. It is approximately 130 km long and was named after Roman geological engineer Cato the Elder in 1976 by the IAU.[1]

The dorsa are located north of the prominent Messier crater in Mare Fecunditatis.

References

  1. ↑ Dorsa Cato, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)


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