Craterra

Mare Serenitatis

Dorsa Aldrovandi

A 127-kilometer wrinkle ridge system in Mare Serenitatis, extending between crater Le Monnier and craters Clerke and Abetti.

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type
dorsum
Coordinates
23.61° N · 28.65° E
Diameter
126.81 km
IAU approval
1976/01/01 00:00:00
LAC quadrangle
LAC-42 · Mare Serenitatis

Geological Chronicle

Dorsa Aldrovandi is a wrinkle ridge system in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. Extending roughly 127 kilometers in length, the feature reaches the crater Le Monnier at its northern end and terminates in the south near the craters Clerke and Abetti. It is named after Ulisse Aldrovandi, a sixteenth-century Italian naturalist and Earth scientist.

Several lunar features neighbor the ridge system. Catena Littrow is situated to the southeast of Dorsa Aldrovandi. Immediately west of the ridge's southernmost portion lie the crater Borel and Dorsa Lister, which is the nearest neighboring wrinkle ridge.

Scientific Sources & References

Name Origin

Ulisse; Italian Earth scientist (1522-1605).

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