Dorsum Termier
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Dorsum Termier is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Crisium
on the Moon
. It is 90 km long and was named after Pierre-Marie Termier
in 1976.
Mare Crisium
Mare Crisium is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. This basin is of the Pre-Imbrian period, 4.55 to 3.85 billion years ago. This mare is in diameter, and 176,000 km2 in area. It has a very flat floor, with a ring of wrinkled ridges...
on the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
. It is 90 km long and was named after Pierre-Marie Termier
Pierre-Marie Termier
Pierre-Marie Termier was a French geologist.He was born in Lyon, in Rhône, France, the son of Joseph François Termier and Jeanne Mollard. At the age of 18 he entered the Polytechnic School, then the Paris School of Mines in 1880. After graduation he became professor at the school of mines at...
in 1976.