Dorsum Oppel

Ridge in Mare Crisium on the Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dorsum Oppel

Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at 18.7°N 52.6°E / 18.7; 52.6 in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 298 km (185 mi) long and was named after the German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1976.[1]

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Dorsum Oppel and its surrounding craters
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Dorsum Oppel
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Apollo 17 image

The ridge trends north from Yerkes crater. Peirce and Swift craters lie to the east of the Dorsum.

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