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Dorsa Andrusov

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Dorsa Andrusov is a wrinkle ridge system at 1°00′S 57°00′E / 1.0°S 57.0°E / -1.0; 57.0 in Mare Fecunditatis on the Moon. It is 160 km in diameter and was named after Soviet geologist Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov in 1976 by the IAU.[1]

The ridge starts near Dorsa Geikie, trends northeast, and ends in the vicinity of Webb crater.

References

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