Dorsum Zirkel is on the top right of the photoOblique view of Dorsum Zirkel from Apollo 15, taken at a low sun angle
Dorsum Zirkel is a wrinkle ridge at 29°36′N24°48′W / 29.6°N 24.8°W / 29.6; -24.8 northeast of Mons La Hire in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 193 km long and was named after German geologist Ferdinand Zirkel in 1976.[1][2]
Two small craters, La Hire A and B, lie on either side of the dorsum. The large crater Lambert is to the southeast, and the smaller McDonald is to the northeast.
^"Moon Nomenclature - Dorsum". lunar.ksc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^Dorsum Zirkel, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
DorsumZirkel is a wrinkle ridge at 29°36′N 24°48′W / 29.6°N 24.8°W / 29.6; -24.8 northeast of Mons La Hire in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 193...
up Zirkel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zirkel may refer to: Zirkel (Studentenverbindung), a symbol used in European student societies Dorsum Zirkel...
Prof Ferdinand Zirkel FRS(For) HFRSE (20 May 1838 – 11 June 1912) was a German geologist and petrographer. Zirkel was born in Bonn. Educated in his native...
rilles along the left edge, from Apollo 15 DorsumZirkel in Mare Imbrium, from Apollo 15 Oblique view of Dorsum Heim on the Moon, from Apollo 17 Dorsa Geikie...
located antipodal to the Mare Imbrium and Mare Orientale impact basins. A dorsum (plural dorsa, meaning back or ridge) is a wrinkle-ridge system commonly...
that is closest to Mons La Hire. La Hire A is on the northeast side of DorsumZirkel, and La Hire B is on the southwest side. The following craters have...
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