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    Rimae Fresnel is a 90km-long arcuate escarpment on the Moon at 28°00′N 4°00′E / 28.0°N 4.0°E / 28.0; 4.0. Both the escarpment and the nearby Promontorium...
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    monument de Fresnel, Broglie, 14 September 1884; accessed 6 September 2017. Levitt, 2013, p. 233. IAU WGPSN, "Promontorium Fresnel" and "Rimae Fresnel", Gazetteer...
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  • Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) was a physicist. Fresnel may also refer to: Fresnel (frequency), a formerly used unit equal to one terahertz Rimae Fresnel, an...
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    is a 90-km-wide system of rilles designated the Rimae Fresnel, being named for the Promontorium Fresnel that lies to the north of the crater. This last...
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  • found on lunar maria. These features form a cape or headland on a mare. Rimae (singular rima) are lunar rilles. These are escarpments in the surface....
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    west of the mountainous cape is Rimae Fresnel. Both features were named after the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel. Its coordinates are 28°38′N 4°45′E...
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    Rima Hadley, which served as the landing site for Apollo 15, and the Rimae Fresnel. Just to the northwest of the Palus Putredinis midpoint is the nearly...
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