Dorsa Sorby

Dorsa Sorby are at the bottom center. Dorsum Buckland are in upper left. Apollo 17 image.

Dorsa Sorby is a wrinkle ridge system at 19°00′N 14°00′E / 19.0°N 14.0°E / 19.0; 14.0 in southern Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 76 km long and was named after British geologist Henry Clifton Sorby in 1976.[1]

Dorsa Sorby is parallel with the larger wrinkle ridge Dorsum Buckland.[2] It is also roughly in line with Rimae Sulpicius Gallus to the northwest and with Rimae Menelaus to the southeast.

References

  1. ^ "Dorsa Sorby". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ^ LAC-42
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