Rimae Fresnel Explained

Rimae Fresnel is a 90km-long arcuate escarpment on the Moon at .[1] Both the escarpment and the nearby Promontorium Fresnel were named after the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lunar Rilles Catalog. UAI. 2006-10-24. 2016-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160106085904/http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/UAI-Rilles.htm. dead.
  2. Accessed December 19, 2017
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205024406/http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Mathematicians/Fresnel.html "Fresnel summary"

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